In my opinion, you can use macros for some of the things, and then write a program in perl to pre-process the code, before invoking gcc, to convert the rest of the new constructs to GNU C constructs. But there may be other options. Hope this helps. Regards, Amit --- Alpt <alpt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'd like to extend the syntax of GNU C with few basic > constructs. > Their main purpose is to simplify the use of repetitive > statements and to add > some syntax sugar (but not to much). > All the new constructs can be converted to normal GNU C. > > The idea is to use a translator that converts the new syntax > to the GNU C one, > in this way, it can be compatible to gcc. > > What is the best way to achieve this? > Using flex&bison, M4, the sources of gcc, perl regexp, a > specific tool? > > What I'm looking for is a simple way to translate this new > simple syntax to > GNU C, without rewriting a compiler. > > > These are some of the new syntax constructs: > > - Struct > > element<-struct = value; ==> struct->element = value; > > element<`struct = value; ==> struct.element = value; > struct`>element = value; ==> struct.element = value; > > - High Level Boolean Logic > > A &|| B ==> (A && B) || (A || B) > In english it's the same of: A and/or B > > (A && |B, C, D, E|) ==> (A && B) || (A && C) || (A && D) > || (A && E) > (A || |B, C, D, E|) ==> (A || B) || (A || C) || (A || D) > || (A || E) > ==> A || B || C || D || E > > (A || &B, C, D, E&) ==> (A || B) && (A || C) && (A || D) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
