Re: GCC needs YOU!

[Ali Abdul Ghani <blade dot vp2020 at gmail dot com>]

gcc Became very bad
gcc Became the slower and more errors
Because WeChange Implementation to c++
I hope to return to c Implementation


2014-10-05 12:10 ØØÙÙØØ-07:00, Manuel LÃpez-IbÃÃez <lopezibanez@gmail.com>:
> Dear GCC users,
>
> As you may have noticed, GCC diagnostics have steadily improved in
> recent releases. In addition to the myriad of bugs fixed per release,
> every release had at least one major improvement in diagnostics.
>
> Unfortunately, the number of people contributing to this effort is
> very limited and we are more and more busy with other obligations. We
> need new blood and we need help. It has never been easier to
> contribute to GCC than nowadays. There are many ways you can help and
> there are tasks for every level of skill and time commitment.
>
> Some examples are:
>
> * There are 610 open bugs with the diagnostic keyword
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=diagnostic&limit=0&list_id=99232&order=bug_status%2Cpriority%2Cassigned_to%2Cbug_id&query_format=advanced&resolution=---)
>
> Many are easy to implement and there is a description of the strategy
> available (https://gcc.gnu.org/PR49859, https://gcc.gnu.org/PR19808,
> https://gcc.gnu.org/PR48956,
> https://gcc.gnu.org/PR59717,https://gcc.gnu.org/PR43113
> https://gcc.gnu.org/PR38612 https://gcc.gnu.orgPR17896
> https://gcc.gnu.org/PR49973 https://gcc.gnu.org/PR53920 and many more
> like those)
>
> Many of them require further analysis. That means run GCC under GDB
> and figure out what went wrong. Just doing that would be extremely
> helpful.
>
> Other bigger projects are not technically difficult, just longer than
> a few hours:
>
> * Replace libiberty with gnulib. See
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg00362.html
>
> * Add a "spell-checker" (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-04/msg00104.html)
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/PR52959 https://gcc.gnu.org/PR52277
>
> * Investigate the open bugs in the macro unwinder
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/PR52998 https://gcc.gnu.org/PR55252
> https://gcc.gnu.org/PR45333 https://gcc.gnu.org/PR60014)
>
> *  C++ preprocessor ignores #pragma GCC diagnostic
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53431
>
> If you are into Fortran, it would be extremely helpful to contribute
> to fix this one:
>
> * https://gcc.gnu.org/PR54687 which is not only easy and incremental
> but consists mostly in deleting code and testing.
>
> Of course, if you are brave and a real hacker, you can always tackle
> some of the heavy stuff that no GCC hacker has figured out how to fix
> yet:
>
> * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18501 (and basically
> anything mentioned here:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24639)
>
> * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60090
>
> * And any of the points here: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Diagnostics
>
> We need your help to make GCC better and keep it relevant!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Manuel.
>


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