[ABI] 128bit integers and other vendor types

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 28 July 2014 21:34, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 7/28/14, 11:24 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>>
>> "Andrei Alexandrescu"  wrote in message
>> news:lr6395$19r7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>>> There'd also be the argument that using phobos inside ddmd would make
>>> the latter a better test for itself and phobos. -- Andrei
>>
>>
>> This is true, but my main concern is the quality of the compiler source.
>>
>> My main concerns are: (not in order)
>> - Compile time
>> - Binary bloat
>> - Reduced scrutiny of code that is used in the compiler - I review every
>> single compiler patch, but I do not have time to do that for phobos too
>> - The compiler must build with the last release, and with HEAD.  HEAD
>> phobos only needs to build with HEAD.
>> - Some other things.
>
>
> The way I see some of these liabilities is as dogfooding. For example if
> slow compile times and code bloat become a problem with ddmd they are also a
> problem with other large D programs, and it's good to have an extra
> incentive to fix them.
>

Indeed, before this topic gets derailed any further. Do you have any
thoughts on the initial post?

Iain.