AST files instead of DI interface files for faster compilation and easier distribution

[deadalnix]

Le 12/06/2012 12:23, Tobias Pankrath a écrit :
> Currently .di-files are compiler independent. If this should hold for
> dib-files, too, we'll need a standard ast structure, won't we?
>

We need it anyway at some point. AST macro is another example.

It would also greatly simplify compiler writing if the D interpreter 
could be provided as lib (and so run on top of dib file).

I want to mention that LLVM IR + metadata can do a really good job here. 
In addition, LLVM people are working on a JIT backend, if you know what 
I mean ;)