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Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec)
- From: Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>
- To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>, Ira Ruben <ira at apple dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:29:55 -0800
- Subject: Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec)
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 02:13 , Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> Well, imagine we try to support not one, but fourty-two poorly designed
> extensions this way (and it would happen - everyone would go "hey, you
> did it for Altivec, why can't I put in my feature too"). Imagine trying
> to make any changes to the C parser if you have to make sure none of
> these
> patches break.
No -- YOU DON'T have to make sure these patches don't break. THAT is the
responsibility solely of the authors/users of the patch in question.
And yes, I would absolutely allow forty-two poorly designed extensions
to cohabit with the mainline compiler in this way. :)
--Zem
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