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Re: XML dumping and GraphViz/VCG in the GCC ast-optimizer-branch
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- To: mdupont777 at yahoo dot com (James Michael DuPont)
- Cc: Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM (Joe Buck), gcc at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: XML dumping and GraphViz/VCG in the GCC ast-optimizer-branch
> Now, if we look at the problem of communication, how can the gcc safely
> communicate the asts to the vcg for layout.
You'll have to assume, I think, that anything gcc can write anyone can
use.
> Now, I am not a laywer, but
> I think that if we can show that if the data is put into such a form
> that it is indended for transport between modules, and a third party
> takes that data a runs off with it, we can then say that they got
> between two statically linked modules . Maybe that will offer some
> protection against non-free modules getting in between?
I think it would be hard to make such an argument if what is communicated
is basically just information about the structure of the user's own code.
But this list is not the best place for such discussions.