[stree] Committed: initial stree infrastructure, and stree version of enumerators

[Matt Austern]

On Mar 16, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote:

> Matt Austern wrote:
>
>> On Mar 9, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm definitely sensitive to the problem of gcc "improvements" that 
>>>> make the compiler even more complicated and harder to understand, 
>>>> and I certainly agree that there are algorithmic improvements to be 
>>>> had as well.  But I also think the stree approach is promising 
>>>> enough that we ought at least to explore it.  We need to make major 
>>>> speedups, not just avoid further slowdowns.
>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed.  I look forward to the design document!
>>
>>
>> Here's the first draft!  Sorry it took a little longer than I'd 
>> expected.
>
> Thanks for writing this up.  This is a great example of what such a 
> document should look like.  This document makes it possible to discuss 
> your idea without having to wade through code.

Thank you!

> I'm still digesting the idea and deciding what my opinion is.

Can you think of any information (measurements, experiments, whatever) 
that would help you form an opinion?

Obviously there's some self-interest here: all of us would like to have 
some more assurance that this is the right way to go before we do lots 
more work on it.

			--Matt