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Re: [PATCH/RFA] spec functions
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:40:39AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > Actually, what's with the linked list in the first place? If you just
> > made this an array of name:function pairs that you scan directly, you
> > wouldn't need the macro, you wouldn't need to initialize anything at
> > runtime, you could make the table read-only data, and it wouldn't even
> > be slower.
>
> So that backends and frontends can add their own functions to the list
> at runtime.
Not necessary; give the backend a target macro to define to add to the
list, and give the frontend a table of its own (defined in the
lang_specific_driver file).
zw