On 2/12/2014 6:13 AM, Xinok wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 19:43:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
What do you think?
I don't do embedded programming, so take my opinion with a grain of salt...
Rather than making this a compiler switch, I think it would be more
beneficial to branch this off as a new project, essentially building a
new compiler. Similarly, it would contain that subset of features which
are practical for embedded programming and strip out the rest. Then
likewise to VisualD, make it an "official" repository on GitHub.
The benefit of having a separate project dedicated to embedded
programming is the ability to retain a standard library without
convoluting the rest of the D ecosystem. A slim standard library could
be developed, mimicking (or even branched from) Phobos, but optimized
for embedded systems. As DMD is updated, the changes would be merged
into "embedded D", but otherwise the two would be maintained
independently of one another.
One of the points is to avoid the need of a standard library. Besides,
making a separate compiler adds more maintenance overhead and is a sure
way to encourage fragmentation.
