From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ziemowit Laski To: Aldy Hernandez Cc: Mark Mitchell , Joe Buck , "Joseph S. Myers" , "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Subject: Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:40:00 -0000 Message-ID: <9A42D202-E3B1-11D5-AE62-0030658361CA@apple.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-11/msg01458.html Message-ID: <20011127194000.MWPrO-P5RbP5LKyoGX1pz7jDfJhYmhghzaaaBeb_VAo@z> On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 06:23 , Aldy Hernandez wrote: > I've actually thought about implementing generic front end extension > support to gcc for this kind of nonsense. Sort of like a preprocessor > that runs after the actual C preprocessor-- massages the output in any > way it sees fit, and feeds its output to the lexical analyzer. > > This way if someone wants to implement some brain dead front end > extension widely used somewhere else, it could be a plugin-- and we > could offer a whole slew of plugins in the future (altivec plugins, > msoft inline assembly plugin, etc etc). > > That sounds like a good project :) Well, it definitely sounds interesting! Tell me more. :) :) -------------------------------------------------------------- Ziemowit Laski Apple Computer, Inc. zlaski@apple.com 2 Infinite Loop, MS 302-4SN +1.408.974.6229 Fax .1344 Cupertino, CA 95014-2085