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Re: gcc translator build with QT
- From: Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>
- To: Chris Jones <chrisjones at spin dot net dot au>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:03:00 +0200
- Subject: Re: gcc translator build with QT
- References: <50077DBC.1070108@spin.net.au>
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:23:40 +1000
Chris Jones <chrisjones@spin.net.au> wrote:
> Is there any reason that I can't create a new front-end translator for
> gcc using QT?
GCC being a free GPLv3 software, you could always fork it and do that. But I am not sure
to understand what you really are thinking of.
While current GCC is easily extensible thru plugins (or MELT extensions, see
http://gcc-melt.org/ for more), there is no plugin interface to add a new front-end (yet).
And Qt http://qt.nokia.com/ being mostly a graphical interface toolkit, I don't see how
it is relevant to a new front-end.
GCC has very deeply the idea that you compile compilation units (such as toplevel C
files) in whole by parsing some files.
Regards.
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