LDC2 Status

[Don]

Trass3r wrote:
>> Trass3r Wrote:
>>> Also I got the feeling that LDC2 has been hastily updated to the 
>>> newest dmd frontend without verifying each upgrade step by step and 
>>> now things are subtly broken.
>> When I started to work on ldc2, it was in terrible state (it did not 
>> even compile). So, yes, I decided to update ldc to the latest dmd 
>> frontend at the time. But after that every frontend merge was 
>> thoroughly tested using phobos unittests and dmd test suite.
> 
> Glad to hear that! Didn't mean to talk your efforts down ;)
> Hope you can make it usable. Now if only those LLVM suckers implemented 
> SEH...

Wouldn't it be possible for LDC to use the exception handling 
implementation in druntime? (With some modifications, of course). With 
the last compiler release, there is no longer any dependency on the DMC 
runtime. I put a lot of effort into understanding Windows SEH, and I 
believe it is quite well documented now.


>> I need a hand with writing a good building instruction. If you want to 
>> help, send me a letter, I'll talk you through building process.
>> By the way, druntime and phobos with ldc2 patches can be found here: 
>> https://github.com/AlexeyProkhin.
> 
> I might try compiling it on Windows again.