Hey Kevin,
Would it be useful to help me learn my way around GCC?
not sure if this will help you either, but there are a few resources
available which could help you to get an introduction into GCC front-ends.
a) gcalc front-end: Philip Herron and I created a new sample GCC
front-end with the same purpose as treelang. However, we decided to keep
it off-tree to NOT increase the maintenance effort of the trunk. Though,
the current version was developed against 4.6.0, but it might not be
immediately up-to-date. You will find the sources here:
git://crules.org/git/gcc-dev.git -> gcalc branch
b) I wrote a small white paper about GCC front-end implementations. It
isn't yet totally complete, but it should help you to get a broad
overview about the structure and contents of GCC front-ends. The (draft)
white paper is available at:
http://blog.lxgcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/GCC_frontend.pdf
c) You could have a look at the Go front-end written by Ian which was
recently written from scratch. Ian also prepared a paper about Go on the
last GCC summit (2010).
d) You could have a look at the in-development branch of python
available from
git://crules.org/git/gcc-dev.git -> python-dev
As said, this is still in development.
Best regards,
Andre-Marcel
