On 6/6/12 9:24 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
With respect to .dump files: HLL developers don't really care about the .dump files themselves; mainly we just need to know the correct procedure to compile and run dynops and dynpmcs for our languages. (Or, if dynops/dynpmcs disappear someday, how do we achieve their equivalent functionality?) We depend on the tools -- that's the part we know about -- and the tools apparently depend on the .dump files. So they are a dependency one level removed from what HLL designers care about and work with.
I don't know enough about dynops or dynpmcs to write documentation about them. But, can I ask you to at least name the tools you are referring to?
That way, should I decide to embark on a refactoring of some of them -- pmc2c.pl in particular -- at least I'll be better positioned to identify the point at which I measure the "do-no-harm" factor.
Thank you very much. Jim Keenan _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
