Florian Klaempfl schrieb:
Brainstorming: What other models come into mind, for using threads in
the compiler?
The "final" plan is to use a task queue with dependencies and all needed
information.
The unit dependencies are known only after their "uses" clauses have
been parsed. After the used units in the interface part have been
parsed, the parser can continue until he must wait again for used units
in the implementation part.
The current model does a "depth first" parse, switching to every used
unit. The unit with all dependencies resolved can run until completion,
and a switch back to the previously active parser is made. I.e. parallel
processing can only start after a unit with no further dependencies has
been found (parsed past the implementation uses). Then the remainder of
the unit can be processed (parsed and compiled) in parallel with other
tasks.
DoDi
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