From: Antoni Boucher <bouanto@zoho.com>
To: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>,
"gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>,
"jit@gcc.gnu.org" <jit@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libgccjit: Add gcc_jit_global_set_readonly
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:56:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a823ac2ee13bbbb818fb91e6cb652695d75b61c.camel@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <253585039bf7b3e661e3471288a68576905cba37.camel@zoho.com>
David: Ping.
On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 10:36 -0500, Antoni Boucher wrote:
> Yes, it is for a use case inside of rustc_codegen_gcc.
> The compiler is structured in a way where we don't know if a global
> variable might be constant when it is created.
>
> On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 10:09 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> > On Fri, 2024-01-19 at 16:57 -0500, Antoni Boucher wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > This patch adds a new API gcc_jit_global_set_readonly: it's
> > > equivalent
> > > to having a const global variable, but it is useful in the case
> > > of
> > > complex compilers where it is not convenient to use const.
> > > Thanks for the review.
> >
> > Hi Antoni; thanks for the patch.
> >
> > Can you give an example of where/why this might be used?
> > Presumably this is motivated by a use case you had inside the rustc
> > backend?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-17 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-19 21:57 Antoni Boucher
2024-01-24 15:09 ` David Malcolm
2024-01-24 15:36 ` Antoni Boucher
2024-02-17 16:56 ` Antoni Boucher [this message]
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