D compiler layers

2009-11-25 Thread bearophile
(This comes from things that Lindquist has vaguely said, but I am not sure). I am very ignorant about this topic still, so I can be quite wrong, but I think it can be positive to split the D2 front-end in two layers, to simplify the creation of D compilers: 1) A true front-end layer that's almos

Re: D compiler layers

2009-11-25 Thread Tim Matthews
bearophile wrote: (This comes from things that Lindquist has vaguely said, but I am not sure). I am very ignorant about this topic still, so I can be quite wrong, but I think it can be positive to split the D2 front-end in two layers, to simplify the creation of D compilers: 1) A true front-en

Re: D compiler layers

2009-11-26 Thread retard
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:22:26 +1300, Tim Matthews wrote: > In my opinion there should be one set of libraries (not limited to 2 > layers) that is generalized enough to be used by any compiler, ide or > other tools for d too. > > Not too long ago I noticed yet another "I've made a d ide" post. The > p

Re: D compiler layers

2009-11-26 Thread bearophile
Tim Matthews: > In my opinion there should be one set of libraries (not limited to 2 > layers) that is generalized enough to be used by any compiler, ide or > other tools for d too. I know, Clang design is probably better. But it's a very different design. What I am asking is an improvement of