[dmd-beta] dmd 1.067 alpha

[Robert]

Having hacked around that, it seems not all x86_64 opcodes are supported?
Not looked extensively, the first issue tango hits is the lack of pushq, no
doubt there'll be others.

On 15 January 2011 12:19, Robert <robert at octarineparrot.com> wrote:

> On 15/01/11 09:39, Walter Bright wrote:
> > This is the 64 bit Linux version! Hopefully, the D2 64 bit alpha isn't
> > too far behind.
> >
> > http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd1beta.zip
> >
> > The 64 bit support is ALPHA, so expect problems! Please post bugs here,
> > not in bugzilla, until we do a real release.
> >
> >
> > Known Problems
> > --------------
> >
> > Code gen is not tuned for 64 bits. It's inefficient, especially with
> > floating point.
> >
> > C ABI for struct and complex number pass/return is not followed.
> >
> > Dwarf symbolic debug info is generated, but not recognized by gdb. I
> > have no idea what the problem is.
> >
> > std.zip is not working.
> >
> > std.boxer is not working.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
> It seems the following doesn't work yet? (First issue I hit while trying to
> run tango unittests - it compiles fine with the exception of the 64bit
> vararg support for dmd which I'm working on).
> test.d:
> ----
> void foo(int, ...)
> {
> }
> ----
> dmd -c -m64 test.d gives:
>
> test.d(1): Error: '__va_argsave_t' is not defined, perhaps you need to
> import std.c.stdarg; ?
> test.d(1): Error: __va_argsave_t is used as a type
> test.d(1): Error: variable test.foo.__va_argsave voids have no value
>
> --
> Robert
> http://octarineparrot.com/
>



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Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/
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