Re: [PATCH] 0/19 modula-2 front end patches overview

[Gaius Mulley <gaiusmod2@gmail.com>]

Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 5:32 PM Gaius Mulley via Gcc-patches
> <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Here are the latest modula-2 front end patches for review.
>> The status of the patches and their contents are also contained at:
>>
>>    https://splendidisolation.ddns.net/public/modula2/patchsummary.html
>>
>> where they are also broken down into topic groups.
>>
>> In summary the high level changes from the last posting are:
>>
>>    * the driver code has been completely rewritten and it is now based
>>      on the fortran driver and the c++ driver.  The gm2 driver adds
>>      paths/libraries depending upon dialect chosen.
>>    * the linking mechanism has been completely redesigned
>>      (As per
>>      https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-May/595725.html).
>>      Objects can be linked via g++.  New linking options
>>      are available to allow linking with/without a scaffold.
>>    * gcc/m2/Make-lang.in (rewritten).
>>    * gm2tools/ removed and any required functionality with the
>>      new linking mechanism has been moved into cc1gm2.
>>
>> The gm2 testsuite has been extended to test project linking
>> options.
>
> Thanks for these improvements!

the front end feels alot cleaner now!

> The frontend specific parts are a lot to digest and I think it isn't
> too important to wait for the unlikely event that all of that gets a
> review.  I'm trusting you here as a maintainer and also based on the
> use of the frontend out in the wild.  I've CCed the other two RMs for
> their opinion on this.
>
> I hope to get to the driver parts that I reviewed the last time, I'd
> appreciate a look on the runtime library setup by somebody else.
>
> I think it's important to get this (and the rust frontend) into the tree before
> Christmas holidays so it gets exposed to the more weird treatment of some
> of our users (build wise).  This way we can develop either a negative or
> positive list of host/targets where to disable the new frontends.

great news thanks - yes this makes sense,

regards,
Gaius