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Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec)
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Cc: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>, Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>, Ira Ruben <ira at apple dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:25:33 -0800
- Subject: Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec)
> Now I believe that we do have some leeway to update the AltiVec
> extension syntax, based on what I know of the size of our installed
> base and how the code is written. If there is a compromise that
> allows us to have one version of GCC instead of three, and requires
> only minor edits of source (such as {} instead of () for constants),
> I think we will be able to get our users to adopt it.
Good. In that case, I think we have a plan -- go with Richard's
attribute syntax, which, with appropriate macroization, gets very
close to the Altivec syntax.
Thanks,
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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