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Re: Patch: stab info for const fields
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mark at codesourcery dot com
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:50:03 -0800
- Subject: Re: Patch: stab info for const fields
- References: <10210312325.AA03064@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:25:48PM -0500, Richard Kenner wrote:
> (3a) The types are "compatible", which is a term with a precise
> but language-specific definition; consult the relevant standard.
>
> I don't like that idea at all. It means that how you interpret a tree
> in the middle-end is a function of the front-end that generated it.
> But I'd strongly argue that the trees are meant to be a
> language-independent IL.
If you look again at the bit you snipped, the implementation I
suggested should be totally language-independent (in the
language-independent parts of the compiler).
zw