The biggest problem would be probably be handling stack unwinding (IIRC the LLVM C backend never tried to handle this either). The only option when targeting C is to use setjmp / longjmp, but that is going to be pretty inefficient. Alternatively you could just abort instead of unwinding.
Cameron On Jul 18, 2014, at 12:29 AM, Josh Haberman <jhaber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there any prospect of compiling Rust to C anytime in the mid to near > future? > > This would be a really attractive option for anyone who wants to write > in Rust, but wants the extreme portability of C. > > Actually maybe I should first ask if this is actually a tractable > problem. Are there technical reasons that would prevent compiling Rust > into portable C? > > LLVM's C Backend seems to have fallen out of maintenance -- would this > provide the solution I am looking for, if it were maintained? > > Thanks, > Josh > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
