[Bug c/53871] Please warn about endless loops if they are obvious

[tim.ruehsen at gmx dot de]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53871

--- Comment #4 from Tim Ruehsen <tim.ruehsen at gmx dot de> 2012-07-10 07:58:26 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> I have thought a lot how to attract more and new developers to GCC who will be
> willing to develop things that are not a priority for current developers, but I
> don't have any solution to offer.

There is not one solution, but a mixture of approaches may attract some
developers.
What about these "Summer of Code" things, why not writing articles for
developer magazins. There is a need for good and easy tutorials about GIMPLE
and gcc plugins.

After your last post, I read about gcc plugins - very interesting indeed.
A quick search revealed some articles/tutorials, but non of them gave me an
"instant kick" to rush into. As far as I could see, you have to be an GIMPLE
expert, before you start reading one of these articles. That might discourage
some potential plugin developers.


> However, in terms of human resources, there is simply no one interested in
> working on this, ...

I am a senior developer, and I use gcc every day. But I wasn't aware of gcc's
plugin feature. Just spread the word and you might get some interested people.