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Re: Progress on GCC plugins ?
> I must admit I don't understand the upside. I've always thought of
> plugins as something proprietary programs need because their source
> isn't open.
>
> In my view, plugins will bitrot quickly as GCC's interface changes; and
> they won't even help with the learning curve - does anyone believe for a
> second you won't have to understand compiler internals to write a plugin?
I agree. I don't understand the upside either, for the same reasons.
If I want to test some piece of code in the compiler, I don't have to
bootstrap with or without plugins (unless I need to for testing purposes).
The only difference is how I link, which seems a completely trivial
distinction to me.