[PATCH 0/6] Convert gimple to a C++ class hierarchy

[Michael Matz]

Hi,

On Fri, 30 Aug 2013, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> >> I thought the principle that was acquired was that gengtype shouldn't
> >> be improved to support more than what it does nowÂ….
> >
> > If it means that we'll need to write and maintain tons of hand written code
> > that could otherwise be generated and maintained by a tool for us, that
> > principle doesn't look very good.

Exactly.

> Back in March 2013, I asked about gengtype support for inheritance.
>    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2013-03/msg00273.html
> This
>    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2013-03/msg00295.html
> was the definitive answer that appeared to be the consensus.

Well, it was a wrong decision then.  For some smaller types writing manual 
marker might be a sensible thing, or for some extra complicated 
constructs.  But here we're talking about the most simple struct hierarchy 
imaginable.  Having to write manual markers for that one is absurd IMO.


Ciao,
Michael.