On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 21:05 -0700, Erick Tryzelaar wrote:

> * it'd be handy if we could output an file, play around with it, and
> then pipe it through the next stage in compilation.

This is nasty because it introduces the need for a parser and pretty
printer for each phase. There is already a pretty printer for each
stage, but none of them generate faithful output: they're designed
for human debugging.

The representation that REALLY needs an isomorphism parser/printer pair
is the bound term (BBDCL, BEXE, BEXPR) representation, since that
would allow offline optimisations.

Alas .. we have not enough resources, and not enough interest
to justify acquiring them. That's rather annoying after all the
work I put in, and now am in the position to actually acquire
resources .. and find no justification for the investment.

-- 
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net

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