Re: gcc translator build with QT

[Chris Jones <chrisjones at spin dot net dot au>]

Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:23:40 +1000
> Chris Jones <chrisjones@spin.net.au> wrote:
>
> > Is there any reason that I can't create a new front-end translator for
> > gcc using QT?
> GCC being a free GPLv3 software, you could always fork it and do that. But I am not sure
> to understand what you really are thinking of.
>
> While current GCC is easily extensible thru plugins (or MELT extensions, see
> http://gcc-melt.org/ for more), there is no plugin interface to add a new front-end (yet).
>
> And Qt http://qt.nokia.com/  being mostly a graphical interface toolkit, I don't see how
> it is relevant to a new front-end.
>
> GCC has very deeply the idea that you compile compilation units (such as toplevel C
> files) in whole by parsing some files.
>
> Regards.

You might remember a while ago I was asking how to implement a new 
language support into gcc. And it was suggested to me by several people 
that implementing it via a front-end and translator would be the best 
way to go. I was thinking of using QT Designer and QDevelop. But before 
I even want to make a start, I just wanted to know whether QT would be 
the best for this. If there's a better solution or tool available, I'm 
open to suggestions.


Regards

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