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Re: [PATCH] Fix type correctness of fold_indirect_ref
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 03:02, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Anyhow, I can say this with certainty: rewriting the C++ front end to
> make it not use trees is a major undertaking.
Indeed not something I would want to do ;-)
> It has dubious benefits.
> I wouldn't plan on that happenning. Fixing abuses of trees and
> redesigning data structures is much more likely to happen.
We could really use a little help from the C++ front end maintainers
here. One problem that I had, and that Dan also mentioned having,
is just not knowing the gory details of the language and the front
end well enough to know what can be done and how.
Gr.
Steven