GDC review process.

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 19-06-2012 20:19, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Had round one of the code review process, so I'm going to post the main
> issues here that most affect D users / the platforms they want to run on
> / the compiler version they want to use.
>
>
>
> 1) D Inline Asm and naked function support is raising far too many alarm
> bells. So would just be easier to remove it and avoid all the other
> comments on why we need middle-end and backend headers in gdc.
>
>
> 2) Code with #if V1 and V2 raised another bell with the request to
> remove all code that relies on internal macros with proper if()
> conditions. If something is always going to be turned off, remove it.
>
> So, we shall also be saying bye bye D1 in GDC. We'll miss you!
>
>
> 3) For anyone who has submitted patches for Mingw and Apple - sorry, but
> I'm going to have to yank out or alter certain bits. Apple GCC is
> irrelevant now, and some Mingw checks look for if(target) when it should
> really be checking if(host) and vice versa!
>
>
> Most discussion I would imagine be on the decision to remove D inline
> assembler support from gdc. So, nay sayers, do your worst, but
> unfortunately there is a +1 here for removal.
>
>
> Regards
> Iain

+1 for removal of inline asm.

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