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Re: gcc extensibility

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic dot courtes at inria dot fr>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:05:20 -0500
Subject: Re: gcc extensibility
References: <nnlimjd1s6.fsf@stalhein.lysator.liu.se> <67CC0396-E15D-40DB-ACEB-613FE521FCFB@gmail.com> <CAAiZkiCZdHO6xM=HSWUSLFR+P+XtmE4WujqpaVLZ5TcTfTQD5w@mail.gmail.com> <87398qsgpb.fsf@inria.fr>

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Ludovic Courtès
<ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> skribis:
>
>> I do not think people working on plugins have come up with a
>> specification and an API they agree on.
>
> I think it’s wrong to consider plug-ins as second-class citizens.

Nobody has made that assertion that you are finding wrong so far.

> The plug-in mechanism is just a technical means to allow people to
> extend the compiler without having to have their code checked in the
> main tree.

That was understood.

-- Gaby

References:
- gcc extensibility
  - From: Niels Möller
- Re: gcc extensibility
  - From: Romain Geissler
- Re: gcc extensibility
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis
- Re: gcc extensibility
  - From: Ludovic Courtès

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