Idea for a new tool

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 15/10/2016 2:21 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/14/2016 09:20 AM, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> On 15/10/2016 2:17 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 10/14/2016 09:15 AM, rikki cattermole wrote:
>>>> On 15/10/2016 2:13 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5051 -- Andrei
>>>>
>>>> As asked for time and time again, this shouldn't be an external tool
>>>> handling it but dmd-fe should.
>>>
>>> What is dmd-fe?
>>
>> dmd front end
>
> Yah, making the front end a library would probably be a good way to
> create such a tool. -- Andrei

It is to my understanding that to implement such a thing would require a 
significant refactor + additions. There is a reason why it hasn't been 
hacked in yet even with such high demand.

But I'll leave it to somebody more knowledgeable about it to actually 
say what has to be done.