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Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- From: Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>
- To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- Cc: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar), zack at codesourcery dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mrs at apple dot com, tromey at redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:45:38 -0800
- Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 07:58 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar) writes:
| So perhaps the prerequisite here is to develop an agreed set of
language features
| that can be used, chosen with two goals in mind:
|
| 1. Keep the code clear, and accessible by non-C++ experts
|
| 2. Keep the code compilable by a wide range of C++ compilers
Absolutely.
I think the only really controversial question would be whether to
allow partial specialization of templates. Everything else is a clear
yes or a clear no.
--Matt