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Re: gcc-in-cxx branch created
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Whether we use C or C++, we need to try to ensure that interfaces are
> easy to understand, that the code is reasonably modular, that the
> internal documentation corresponds to the code, that it is possible
> for new developers to write new passes and to fix bugs.
Fully agreed.
> it is possible for most compiler developers to use the vec.h routines
> without understanding how they actually work.
Understood.
What is the level of C++ that "new developers" need to master, in order to
understand the code in general and to fix bugs in average areas?
Bruno