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Re: GCC 4.3.0 Status Report (2007-06-07)
Michael Meissner wrote:
> I think a gradual approach is the right way. I think this can be done in the
> stage 2 time frame, but it could be pushed to gcc 4.4 (but we will have the
> same problem as we have now). The way I see it, the steps would be:
>
> 1) Add the basic infrastructure, iterator macros, stdarg_p, prototype_p,
> etc. to the tree.
>
> 2) Change the back ends, 1 by 1 to use the new infrastructure support.
>
> 3) Change the front ends, 1 by 1 to use the new infrastructure support.
>
> 4) Remove/rename TYPE_ARG_TYPES, and fix any random breakage.
>
> 5) Switch the infrastructure underneath to use vectors.
>
> Until #4, you are only changing one thing at a time, and can easily verify that
> the change works.
Yes, I think that this is a good plan. We can evaluate whether #4 has
to happen on a branch and wait for 4.4 when we get to it. But, 1, 2, 3
I think are non-controversial, and can go into mainline in real time,
which is nice.
Thanks,
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