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Re: Best way to remove cpp0
- To: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Best way to remove cpp0
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:58:52 -0700
- CC: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, joseph at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <20011012223509.A30940@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>
Neil Booth wrote:
>
> However, if there's a bug in the compiler during 2), say a segfault,
> then the preprocessed output with -save-temps would only proceed as
> far as the compiler bug. We have asked users to submit the
> preprocessed output obtained with -save-temps.
>
> What's the best way forwards for this case?
How much overhead would it be to buffer all the way to the end of
a file, and write out before proceeding to compilation proper?
When a segfault occurs, things are going to be pretty scrambled,
you'll want your tokens safe on disk.
Or you could have -save-temps read ahead by a half-million tokens
or so, then dump before proceeding into compilation proper. You
can prevent bloat (although -save-temps is something you use when
you're desperate to debug and not caring much about size/speed),
but still most .i files will be complete and well-formed.
Stan