On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 20:19 +0200, Iain Buclaw wrote: […] > 1) D Inline Asm and naked function support is raising far too > many alarm bells. So would just be easier to remove it and avoid > all the other comments on why we need middle-end and backend > headers in gdc.
I can do without inline assembly language. If I need assembly language code, I can write a function in assembly language. > 2) Code with #if V1 and V2 raised another bell with the request > to remove all code that relies on internal macros with proper > if() conditions. If something is always going to be turned off, > remove it. > > So, we shall also be saying bye bye D1 in GDC. We'll miss you! I never used V1 (though I do have the Tango book) so enforcing V2 will nto be a problem. Actually this means I can delete 65% of the SCons D tool :-))))))))) > 3) For anyone who has submitted patches for Mingw and Apple - > sorry, but I'm going to have to yank out or alter certain bits. > Apple GCC is irrelevant now, and some Mingw checks look for > if(target) when it should really be checking if(host) and vice > versa! Is Apple GCC irrelevant? Apple itself has switched to Clang but GCC is still available via MacPorts – or am I missing something obvious, I am only an occasional Mac OS X user. > Most discussion I would imagine be on the decision to remove D > inline assembler support from gdc. So, nay sayers, do your > worst, but unfortunately there is a +1 here for removal. I could put in a -1 if pushed, but +1 is fine by me! -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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