On 2010-05-29 06:42, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:
Using the parser/scanner from the compiler is an impossible task,
they are impossible to separate.
There's nothing impossible in software ;-)
It's a matter of refactoring, and whether the refactored code will be
accepted by the FPC team. First expected rejection argument: it slows
down compilation...
A weak argument so far, perhaps we can make the parser even faster?
I am no expert on either the parser/tokenizer or the compiler, so I am
in no position to guesstimate what might happen in that area.
What I do have --as a gut feeling-- is that, even if the compilation did
slow down a bit, the benefits from modularized/componentized back-end is
very much likely to compensate for it in the agregate.
By 'agregate', I mean the whole process of development (or, 'experience'
if you'd rather).
After all, we spend more than a fraction of time compiling a project
compared to the time spent on writing and modifying it.
And, it is this 'development' process that I am expecting the biggest
payoff from.
I am sure we all can see the benefits.
Trouble is, I cannot do it.
All I can do is to put a bounty on it to help it materialize; but
without a go ahead from the compiler team, there's no point.
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