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Re: Proposed plugin API for GCC

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
To: Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic dot courtes at inria dot fr>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:58:56 -0500
Subject: Re: Proposed plugin API for GCC
References: <1333054687.31165.65.camel@surprise> <87limiqzs6.fsf@inria.fr> <20120330093329.GA1000@ours.starynkevitch.net>

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Basile Starynkevitch
<basile@starynkevitch.net> wrote:

> I entirely agree with the above statements. More generally, we cannot
> predict what plugins will be written for GCC, and what part of the API they
> will use, and for what purposes they will be written.

I believe somethings is being lost here:

   plugins people: we don't want to define an API.
   GCC maintainers: you have to define an API or you're doomed to
                                be stuck forever.

Loop forever.

-- Gaby

References:
- Proposed plugin API for GCC
  - From: David Malcolm
- Re: Proposed plugin API for GCC
  - From: Ludovic Courtès
- Re: Proposed plugin API for GCC
  - From: Basile Starynkevitch

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