From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32d.google.com (mail-wm1-x32d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0734E38A909B for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:57:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 0734E38A909B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-wm1-x32d.google.com with SMTP id a11-20020a05600c2d4b00b003cf6f5fd9f1so7970005wmg.2 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:57:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:user-agent:message-id:in-reply-to:date:references :subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=wsdX7NogOeeYvJa/SGkqp9Q9A9432lxghS06SdHcPa4=; b=QJh/Fy8/kcjaFhmmqGZUBl8pfi70azRqE28qGvuzDRz5sv0oIWOL3ydG0YwFjOKbbV jM8f9KcZbNKUa4220NIzkn3VWr71RDpVq0zsAV0bqNGoe8a939TR0FwWmPlARxgDAAWj ve7IcbHUhk3msSX/L91IqCadVj+PqyR5SZDqUlDHr212RTPYRwbRz+qD7ZmmD22YPU/G 49mpITCSLZ8wzAxGVGbTzzpcyhrZgdoh6nM0lBSSx6AMVKnT/lFs41pNltqQnSSecpxM nE+9PrmzTlpwE3OuvcDhLvAte3VhLoKE1+p0tMnykrq/Rx/mlDjDtUtteREYzSKM0CDK 9QKQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=mime-version:user-agent:message-id:in-reply-to:date:references :subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=wsdX7NogOeeYvJa/SGkqp9Q9A9432lxghS06SdHcPa4=; b=DG67dV2BXxDsmf/jxMm5vyK8c8OP10bAS/zAGaxTNOUJYmlY8Sy+maOPEYKrIR4ASX J8bET9RpFu/jCRcvk7WzoCkxMzyEq4/856+c/cVIfdUIP1wKzNlvyRAvz/FRy1cyb/Pv JouIGL8519PwviqkrnPUXz/oc4sGqrtp6FwxeDMPlQe6aybY0gOHFmN2mv1nROR82Qr1 7DuPoZKhXMYdhhS7PpaWdYHEuIQJpt/F4/K54HqFcsMYiAqyJqiowTGidjPEXDXJ+F4p bZb5m62cjWRpl2TYCBeatfw5MjC8l6DPKmGSthkyKy8wZmVfwv+2BlxkzqzegLbzt/mg r1IQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pnZ7q9z2Og6uIKF4j7TEe0BDFm2tbDwcinp0PwP7pi60nZRpJ75 ktwS+enDDxTknPgFpoZrL0ez1iYgamI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf5dDPZMpf9XXQO2DuTbSgBv5oMiFdnTMAn9IP+ihQ5fCRkgdTQtUMEA52YrL4y1rplI0MIp0Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:35ca:b0:3b4:bf6d:f9ba with SMTP id r10-20020a05600c35ca00b003b4bf6df9bamr7895404wmq.133.1668434262734; Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:57:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from lancelot ([195.147.220.46]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b15-20020adff24f000000b002345cb2723esm9616465wrp.17.2022.11.14.05.57.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:57:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaius by lancelot with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ouZxt-00HNez-LM; Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:57:33 +0000 From: Gaius Mulley To: Richard Biener Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Jakub Jelinek , "Joseph S. Myers" Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/19 modula-2 front end patches overview References: Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:57:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Richard Biener's message of "Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:02:15 +0100") Message-ID: <87wn7xwsdu.fsf@debian> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Richard Biener writes: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 5:32 PM Gaius Mulley via Gcc-patches > 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