Hey, > If we are indeed deciding an incremental compiler of C/C++, one of the > problem for Vim is how to give the "delta" of the current file every > time an incremental compile instruction is issued.
What do you mean with the "'delta' of the current file"? If what you mean is only the difference between the current version and previous version, what is the difficulty about getting that? > > If we really need an incremental compiler, I have a crazy idea to > simulate incremental effect using a batch compiler, but don't know > whether it works... Take C for example. In C the functions are highly > localized, and the idea is to put each function in a separate file, > including the same set of declaration, and compile only the modified > functions. On the first time the compiler receives a source file, it > "slices" the code into many localized pieces (e.g. functions) and put > them into separate files, and create specific makefiles to manage the > pieces. When a "delta" arrives, we just update the corresponding > pieces, and run (g)make to update the necessary parts, avoiding > looking at the unchanged parts. Again it just "sounds" better, but I'm > not sure whether this would incur a lot of overhead by creating such a > lot of files... > Interesting idea though your assumption of localized functions is a huge one. Clearly you cannot generalize that. Even with purely localized functions this method will cause other problems related to the place of function definition in the code. (Think about the situation where you use a function without declaring an explicit prototype for it.) > I still don't know how dynamic marking up and preview window in Vim > works... (really ashamed) But I probably won't have time to look at > them before next Monday, as it is the end of the semester now and so > many deadlines are in the way... I think dynamic marking should not be a problem since we already have some examples of it. Yep, last couple of weeks are really tough :). Regards, Birgi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
