C++ API

C++ API

[Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen]

I just skimmed the documentation but it seems that the C++ API
exported by libgccjit++.h is not complete with respect to the later
additions to libgccjit. Is it planned to have it completed before GCC
12 is released so that it is on par with the native C API?

Re: C++ API

[David Malcolm]

On Sat, 2022-01-22 at 09:36 +0100, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen via Jit
wrote:
> I just skimmed the documentation but it seems that the C++ API
> exported by libgccjit++.h is not complete with respect to the later
> additions to libgccjit. Is it planned to have it completed before GCC
> 12 is released so that it is on par with the native C API?

I created the C++ API for a specific project I was working on [1], but
I haven't touched that project in years, and I'm not using the C++ API
myself.

I don't know of anyone else using the C++ API, and I'm not surprised if
we've accidentally not kept it up to date with the new features.

Is anyone out there using the C++ API?  My recollection is that it
saves a lot of typing compared to the plain C API - if you're already
using C++ (which might be a step too far for many projects).

If anyone would like to fix the gaps, that would be great.

Dave

[1] experimental port of GNU Octave's JIT compiler to libgccjit;
https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?8395 )

Re: C++ API

[Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen]

Am Sa., 22. Jan. 2022 um 16:40 Uhr schrieb David Malcolm <
dmalcolm@redhat.com>:

> On Sat, 2022-01-22 at 09:36 +0100, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen via Jit
> wrote:
> > I just skimmed the documentation but it seems that the C++ API
> > exported by libgccjit++.h is not complete with respect to the later
> > additions to libgccjit. Is it planned to have it completed before GCC
> > 12 is released so that it is on par with the native C API?
>
> I created the C++ API for a specific project I was working on [1], but
> I haven't touched that project in years, and I'm not using the C++ API
> myself.
>
> I don't know of anyone else using the C++ API, and I'm not surprised if
> we've accidentally not kept it up to date with the new features.
>

I am about to use it and may have more feedback once I have done some
serious stuff with it.


> Is anyone out there using the C++ API?  My recollection is that it
> saves a lot of typing compared to the plain C API - if you're already
> using C++ (which might be a step too far for many projects).
>

It's certainly useful.


> If anyone would like to fix the gaps, that would be great.
>

The additions of ABI tags 7, 16, and 17 seem to be missing.