From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Torvald Riegel <triegel@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>,
Xinliang David Li <davidxl@google.com>,
Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>,
Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@gmail.com>,
Bernd Schmidt <bernds@codesourcery.com>,
Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net>,
David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>,
Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com>
Subject: Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201204101959.33888.ebotcazou@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1334078968.11195.64.camel@triegel.csb>
> Think about programmers new to GCC for a second, and about code
> completion tools. It seems to me that with such a tool it's much easier
> to navigate from exp to the field, than having to scan through a much
> larger number of accessor functions / macros (GET_*). The former
> example starts at the source (exp) and yields/"builds" the result; the
> latter names some function and then says applies it to the source. Why
> is the former so much worse?
Because it takes x3 characters/x3 time to type/x3 slots in your memory?
> To me, the former's structure is easier to see, and if I would have to put
> the spaghetti tag on something, then the latter.
Spaghetti isn't really the best wording, gratuitous obfuscation is better. :-)
--
Eric Botcazou
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2012-04-03 17:38 Diego Novillo
2012-04-03 19:39 ` Paweł Sikora
2012-04-03 20:52 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-04-03 21:34 ` Paweł Sikora
2012-04-20 20:14 ` Joseph S. Myers
2012-04-04 5:19 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2012-04-04 1:13 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-04 4:00 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-04-04 4:42 ` Miles Bader
2012-04-04 8:32 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-04 9:06 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 9:10 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-04 9:15 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-04 9:59 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 10:02 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 11:20 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-04 11:38 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 14:12 ` Tom Tromey
2012-04-04 14:45 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 14:48 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-14 1:35 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 9:09 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-14 10:03 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 11:13 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-14 11:41 ` Jonathan Wakely
2012-04-14 10:39 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-14 11:08 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-16 9:37 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-16 9:38 ` Jonathan Wakely
2012-04-17 9:11 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-05 12:40 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-04-05 13:05 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-05 14:21 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-05 14:24 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-05 14:36 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-05 20:17 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-05 20:36 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-06 0:11 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-09 10:37 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-09 15:07 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-10 22:04 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-04-10 22:56 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-04 11:53 ` Bernd Schmidt
2012-04-04 12:04 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-04 14:59 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-04 17:54 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-05 9:18 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-05 20:07 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-09 10:40 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-09 17:56 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-09 18:22 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-09 18:52 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-09 18:54 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-09 21:15 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-10 11:09 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 1:36 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-11 6:55 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-13 23:26 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-11 9:32 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-14 3:07 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 3:04 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 21:25 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-09 23:34 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-10 8:46 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-10 12:26 ` Michael Matz
2012-04-10 15:51 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-10 16:05 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-10 16:13 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-11 9:17 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 16:35 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-10 16:12 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-10 16:24 ` Michael Matz
2012-04-10 17:08 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-10 17:29 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-10 18:00 ` Eric Botcazou [this message]
2012-04-10 19:56 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-10 21:13 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-10 21:29 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-10 23:15 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-11 20:57 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-11 21:15 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-11 21:43 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-13 23:33 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-11 9:24 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 12:58 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-11 13:13 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 13:23 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 14:19 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-11 17:24 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 18:17 ` Andrew Pinski
2012-04-11 20:02 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-12 5:08 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-04-12 6:12 ` Miles Bader
2012-04-12 6:22 ` James Dennett
2012-04-11 18:26 ` Jonathan Wakely
2012-04-11 18:41 ` Pedro Alves
2012-04-11 20:00 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 20:05 ` Jonathan Wakely
2012-04-12 5:10 ` Ian Lance Taylor
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2012-04-11 13:14 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 13:24 ` Bernd Schmidt
2012-04-11 17:31 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 18:37 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2012-04-11 18:52 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 20:14 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-12 15:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2012-04-13 23:45 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-11 14:41 ` Jonathan Wakely
2012-04-11 17:13 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 19:30 ` Tobias Burnus
2012-04-11 20:44 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-13 23:48 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-13 23:37 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-10 17:48 ` DJ Delorie
2012-04-10 19:21 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-10 16:23 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-10 16:39 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-10 16:43 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-10 16:47 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-12 19:40 ` Tom Tromey
2012-04-12 19:42 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-12 19:51 ` Tom Tromey
2012-04-10 17:37 ` Torvald Riegel
2012-04-10 21:39 ` Miles Bader
2012-04-10 22:32 ` Bernd Schmidt
2012-04-10 23:28 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-10 23:35 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 7:49 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-11 7:55 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 8:11 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-11 11:41 ` Jeff Law
2012-04-11 7:02 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-11 7:46 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 7:51 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-11 12:37 ` Bernd Schmidt
2012-04-11 12:47 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 17:10 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 13:20 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 13:29 ` Jakub Jelinek
2012-04-11 13:44 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-11 14:45 ` David Edelsohn
2012-04-11 17:41 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 17:08 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 8:07 ` Eric Botcazou
2012-04-11 9:45 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-10 17:54 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 12:44 ` Marek Polacek
2012-04-11 16:49 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 2:24 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-11 9:43 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 16:47 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-11 20:48 ` Paweł Sikora
2012-04-11 22:34 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-12 9:28 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-12 10:30 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-14 1:15 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 6:30 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 9:08 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-14 10:38 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 11:06 ` Robert Dewar
2012-04-10 16:42 ` Paweł Sikora
2012-04-10 19:23 ` Dave Korn
2012-04-10 20:39 ` Andrew Pinski
2012-04-11 9:27 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-11 1:01 ` Lawrence Crowl
2012-04-14 3:40 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-14 3:48 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-15 20:11 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-16 7:48 ` Duncan Sands
2012-04-16 9:23 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-16 18:53 ` Oleg Endo
2012-04-17 22:03 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-18 0:15 ` Oleg Endo
2012-04-10 11:14 ` Richard Guenther
2012-04-10 16:33 ` Xinliang David Li
2012-04-14 2:41 ` Chiheng Xu
2012-04-04 11:22 ` Diego Novillo
2012-04-04 7:07 ` Tristan Gingold
2012-04-04 13:13 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-04-04 13:32 ` Tristan Gingold
2012-04-04 14:37 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2012-04-04 14:52 ` Tristan Gingold
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