Re:

[Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>]

Ziemowit Laski wrote:

> On 16 Aug, 2004, at 13.53, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
>>
>>> This is the part that I find problematic. :-(  The work contained in 
>>> the
>>> two patches I posted last night, in addition to a couple of patches I
>>> committed previously (and a few more I have yet to offer) is all part
>>> of my ObjC++ integration (approved by the Steering Committee for 3.5
>>> integration).  Furthermore, these bits already live in
>>> objc-improvements-branch, available for the bootstrapping pleasure 
>>> of all.
>>
>>
>> If you don't like the proposed split, one you could try would be
>> separating out the patch to stop the ObjC front end depending on
>> particular structures for declarators, which is the part of the merge
>> currently blocking a replacement of those structures.
>
>
> Yeah, I've been sitting here and ruminating about how to break up this
> behemoth.  As you may imagine, the various features are not only deeply
> intertwined, but have not ever had a separate existence, since all of
> this stuff was being worked on simultaneously on 
> objc-improvements-branch.... :-(

The hazards of branch development... I didn't see a whole lot of
mechanical-type changes myself, those ought to be easy (if annoying)
to undo. Temporary stubouts should be acceptable too, and you reduce
your risk of having to back out one of the series because some random
bootstrap breaks.

Look on the bright side, at least there are no mullahs issuing
fatwas - GCC development could advance to a whole new level of
excitement! ("Death to the ssa-loving gimplifiers! Tear out their rtls
and hit them with grokdeclarator!")

:-)

Stan