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Re: LLVM as a gcc plugin?
- From: Rafael Espindola <espindola at google dot com>
- To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot com>, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple dot com>, Andrew Nisbet <A dot Nisbet at mmu dot ac dot uk>, "grigori dot fursin at inria dot fr" <grigori dot fursin at inria dot fr>, "baldrick at free dot fr" <baldrick at free dot fr>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "ubizjak at gmail dot com" <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, "zbigniew dot chamski at gmail dot com" <zbigniew dot chamski at gmail dot com>, "ZAKS at il dot ibm dot com" <ZAKS at il dot ibm dot com>, "Albert dot Cohen at inria dot fr" <Albert dot Cohen at inria dot fr>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:28:06 -0400
- Subject: Re: LLVM as a gcc plugin?
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> I'd turn that around: There is already a version of LLVM that uses
> GCC. ÂI don't see any way in which the FSF GCC benefits from this. And
> since this list concerns the FSF GCC...
That is not a valid turn around. We know that the existing LLVM can handle
this. We are not sure if the existing plugin infrastructure can.
That also goes to the more general question "should plugin development be
discussed on this list?". One of the main uses of plugins will probably be
adding features that are not of interest to GCC in general.
> Ciao!
> Steven
>
Cheers,
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Rafael Avila de Espindola
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