[gsoc] DMD - Ideas

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 10:30:20PM +0000, Bastiaan Veelo via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> Anyway, build.d could embed the version of the compiler with which it
> was built into itself, and check that against the version of the
> compiler that it calls for building.

Actually, this leads to an interesting idea: what if build.d embeds an
executable copy of dmd within itself?  Then it will never be out of
sync, and you'll be guaranteed that a working compiler is always
available.


T

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