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From: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM>
To: mark@codesourcery.com (Mark Mitchell)
Cc: jbuck@synopsys.COM (Joe Buck), zlaski@apple.com (Ziemowit Laski),
	jsm28@cam.ac.uk (Joseph S. Myers),
	gcc@gcc.gnu.org (gcc@gcc.gnu.org)
Subject: Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:13:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200111280013.QAA06039@atrus.synopsys.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20011127161300.0NPgeDaqbeNBRLw-Qr3RG8I8bLU_MykCU7Bq7K1hcp0@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <32170000.1006903600@gandalf.codesourcery.com>

I wrote:
> > Consider a preprocessor that takes current Altivec C code and produces
> > either standard or extended C code (GNU extensions).  If adopting the
> > existing Altivec syntax is too painful, a second choice might be to figure
> > out syntax choices that would make such a preprocessor very easy to write.
> > Then we don't have to ask existing users to rewrite their code.

Mark writes:
> Yup, I thought about this too.  It's plausible, but a pretty substantial
> effort, and not easy to do robustly with the tools we've got.

It wouldn't necessarily be up to the gcc team to deliver the preprocessor.
A 100% correct version would be substantial, as it would have to be a full
parser, but a more limited Perl or Python whack-job might handle almost
all the existing code.

The proposal is really only meant as an answer to those who say that we
cannot change the syntax at all because users won't want to change their
code.

  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-27 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 229+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-16  9:10 front end changes for altivec Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-16  9:25 ` Andreas Jaeger
2001-11-26  2:55   ` Andreas Jaeger
2001-11-18  3:56 ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-18  4:24   ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18  5:09     ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-18  6:10       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18  7:35         ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-26 19:50           ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-26 18:19         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18 12:41       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18 13:38         ` Andreas Jaeger
2001-11-18 15:32           ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18 16:49             ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-18 17:06               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27  8:29                 ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27  8:00               ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-27  7:55             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27  7:50           ` Andreas Jaeger
2001-11-19  8:02         ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19  8:35           ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19  9:19             ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19 11:51               ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19 13:41                 ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19 16:13                   ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 17:51                     ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19 19:15                       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 20:50                         ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 17:14                           ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 17:10                         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-21 13:08                       ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-11-21 13:12                         ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-21 13:29                           ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-11-21 13:31                             ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-21 13:41                               ` Jack Lloyd
2001-11-28 23:44                                 ` Jack Lloyd
2001-11-28 23:00                               ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-28 22:34                             ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-11-21 13:33                           ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-21 13:49                             ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-29  4:45                               ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-28 23:16                             ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-28 22:21                           ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-21 13:24                         ` Per Bothner
2001-11-28 22:25                           ` Per Bothner
2001-11-28 21:07                         ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-11-27 17:03                       ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 16:57                     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 15:16                   ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 14:50                 ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19 15:25               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 17:46                 ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19 21:39                   ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20  1:05                     ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-20  2:23                       ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 17:45                         ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 17:40                       ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-20  2:46                     ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-20  2:56                       ` front end changes for altivec-- conclusion Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 18:00                         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 17:50                       ` front end changes for altivec Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 17:24                     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 17:02                   ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 16:50                 ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 14:01               ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 13:52             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 13:40           ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27  7:24         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-26 17:04       ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-26 16:39     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18  6:40   ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-18  6:33     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-26 18:46       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18  8:19     ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-18  9:13       ` Ira Ruben
2001-11-18 12:26         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19  4:45           ` Ira Ruben
2001-11-19  6:04             ` Geoff Keating
2001-11-19  7:28               ` Ira Ruben
2001-11-19 12:04                 ` Phil Edwards
2001-11-27 14:58                   ` Phil Edwards
2001-11-27 12:47                 ` Ira Ruben
2001-11-27 12:10               ` Geoff Keating
2001-11-19  7:50             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 13:12               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 10:53             ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Ira Ruben
2001-11-19  6:26           ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-19  7:53             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19  7:56               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 13:21                 ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 13:13               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 12:41             ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27  6:46           ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-18 18:51         ` Per Bothner
2001-11-27  9:20           ` Per Bothner
2001-11-18 23:55         ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19  4:18           ` Ira Ruben
2001-11-19  4:48             ` Per Bothner
2001-11-19  5:28               ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-27 11:35                 ` Daniel Berlin
2001-11-19  6:26               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20  0:33                 ` Per Bothner
2001-11-20  3:16                   ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20  6:33                     ` Per Bothner
2001-11-27 18:27                       ` Per Bothner
2001-11-20 11:05                     ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 18:35                       ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 18:06                     ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20  3:19                   ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-20  5:25                     ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-27 18:24                       ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-20 11:27                     ` Per Bothner
2001-11-27 19:59                       ` Per Bothner
2001-11-20 11:37                     ` Mark Mitchell
2001-11-20 17:03                       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20 18:25                         ` Mark Mitchell
2001-11-28  9:45                           ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Mark Mitchell
2001-11-28  7:11                         ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20 19:20                       ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-20 20:24                         ` Mark Mitchell
2001-11-20 23:47                           ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for Joe Buck
2001-11-28 12:43                             ` Joe Buck
2001-11-28 11:31                           ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Mark Mitchell
2001-11-20 20:27                         ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Dale Johannesen
2001-11-20 20:38                           ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-21  4:47                             ` Syd Polk
2001-11-21 12:31                               ` Tim Hollebeek
2001-11-28 16:15                                 ` Tim Hollebeek
2001-11-28 14:12                               ` Syd Polk
2001-11-28 11:55                             ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-28 11:44                           ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-28 11:19                         ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 20:40                       ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Mark Mitchell
2001-11-27 18:09                     ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 17:35                   ` Per Bothner
2001-11-27 12:34                 ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 11:16               ` Per Bothner
2001-11-27 10:47             ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Ira Ruben
2001-11-19  6:19           ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-19  7:13             ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-19  7:34               ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19  8:01                 ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-19  9:18                   ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 11:23                     ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-27 14:46                       ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-27 13:56                     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 13:27                   ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-27 12:57                 ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19  7:56               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-19  8:31                 ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-27 13:44                   ` Richard Henderson
2001-11-19 10:23                 ` Mark Mitchell
2001-11-19 11:55                   ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for Joe Buck
2001-11-19 14:03                     ` Mark Mitchell
2001-11-19 14:46                       ` Joe Buck [this message]
2001-11-27 16:13                         ` Joe Buck
2001-11-20  0:56                       ` Devang Patel
2001-11-27 17:37                         ` Devang Patel
2001-11-20  5:17                       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20 11:15                         ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20 17:09                           ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20 17:26                             ` Joe Buck
2001-11-20 17:57                               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-20 19:16                                 ` Neil Booth
2001-11-20 21:10                                   ` Input Stream Rewriting (Was: Target-specific Front-Ends?) Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-21  0:24                                     ` Neil Booth
2001-11-21  1:05                                       ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-21  4:38                                         ` Neil Booth
2001-11-28 13:57                                           ` Neil Booth
2001-11-28 13:25                                         ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28 12:45                                       ` Neil Booth
2001-11-28 12:01                                     ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28 11:06                                   ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for Neil Booth
2001-11-28  9:16                                 ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-28  9:11                               ` Joe Buck
2001-11-20 20:53                             ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20 22:08                               ` Joe Buck
2001-11-28 12:26                                 ` Joe Buck
2001-11-20 23:37                               ` Per Bothner
2001-11-21  3:14                                 ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-21 12:32                                   ` David Edelsohn
2001-11-21 12:44                                     ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28 18:40                                       ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28 18:29                                     ` David Edelsohn
2001-11-28 13:36                                   ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28 12:36                                 ` Per Bothner
2001-11-28 11:55                               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-28  7:33                             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 19:40                           ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-20 19:17                         ` Devang Patel
2001-11-28 11:09                           ` Devang Patel
2001-11-27 18:21                         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 15:32                       ` Mark Mitchell
2001-12-04  0:14                       ` Alex Rosenberg
2001-12-04  0:33                         ` Mark Mitchell
2001-12-04 11:25                         ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 14:53                     ` Joe Buck
2001-11-27 14:36                   ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Mark Mitchell
2001-11-27 13:19                 ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 12:44               ` Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-19  8:34             ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 12:54               ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19 15:41                 ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19 19:08                   ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-19 19:15                     ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 17:10                       ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 17:06                     ` Dale Johannesen
2001-11-27 16:56                   ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-27 15:06                 ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 13:44               ` Aldy Hernandez
2001-11-19  9:26             ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-19  9:53               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-19 10:59                 ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-19 14:12                   ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 15:37                     ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 14:41                   ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-27 14:30                 ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 14:13               ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-11-19  9:40             ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-19 11:27               ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 14:50                 ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27 14:20               ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-27 12:24             ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-27  9:48           ` Stan Shebs
2001-11-26 23:45         ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes foraltivec) Ira Ruben
2001-11-26 22:22       ` Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec) Stan Shebs
2001-11-26 18:47     ` Ziemowit Laski
2001-11-26 15:45   ` front end changes for altivec Joseph S. Myers
2001-11-26  2:51 ` Aldy Hernandez

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