On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 04:47, charfi asma <charfiasma@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > What about using -x options ? That won't work, sorry. The support for parsing a text representation of gimple has just not been implemented yet. > another alternative is to proceed just like we want to add a Gimple GCC front. end. I red > that building a GCC front end for any langauge we choose is not a tricky task. It's easier than it used to be, yes. > From your experience handling those forms, can you tell me, are those alternatives feasible > or I am trying to invent sth wrong and not interesting at all (cause I think it is a good idea if > gcc users can chose the input file they want and tell compiler where to start:. just like -E -s > and -c that tell compiler where to stop). I think your idea is feasible and I encourage you to pursue it. The ability to parse gimple and start/stop the compiler at arbitrary points of the compilation pipeline will bring many benefits (testing, maintenance, etc). It is not a simple project, however. If you are interested, let me know. Diego.
