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Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>
- Cc: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <kgardas at objectsecurity dot com>
- Date: 06 Mar 2003 23:23:27 +0100
- Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0303062311260.5124-100000@wotan.suse.de>
Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de> writes:
| If we need a
| list or map in the compiler I never would use the STL, and instead write
| something simple by hand.
I agree with this, but only for if we were to write the C++ front-end
in C++.
For other other front-ends, the right fix is, IMHO, to improve GCC's
ability to reduce abstraction penalty.
-- Gaby