On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:23:40 +1000 Chris Jones <chrisjo...@spin.net.au> wrote:
> Is there any reason that I can't create a new front-end translator for > gcc using QT? GCC being a free GPLv3 software, you could always fork it and do that. But I am not sure to understand what you really are thinking of. While current GCC is easily extensible thru plugins (or MELT extensions, see http://gcc-melt.org/ for more), there is no plugin interface to add a new front-end (yet). And Qt http://qt.nokia.com/ being mostly a graphical interface toolkit, I don't see how it is relevant to a new front-end. GCC has very deeply the idea that you compile compilation units (such as toplevel C files) in whole by parsing some files. Regards. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mine, sont seulement les miennes} ***
