Ch-ch-changes

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Tue Sep 25 15:54:18 PDT 2012


On 9/25/12 6:31 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Speaking of the 'front-end proper':
> "Given that all back-ends share the same front-end, you should expect
> the same compatibility level across all compilers for a given compiler
> release."
>
> Unfortunately, this is not quite the case yet. I'm in the middle of
> drafting something, but the ultimate goal is to get us all working
> together (dmd, gdc, ldc) so that there can genuinely be a shared,
> portable source base for the D front-end, used by all maintainers,
> without the neccesity to modify the original code, or use conditionals
> based on which compiler it's used in. eg: #ifdef IN_GCC, IN_LDC, IN_DMD...

That's great, keep us posted.

> Keep up the good work! :~)

Well right back atcha.


Andrei


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