On 7/11/18, Martin Sebor <msebor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have used "wide int" in the past by putting a "hook" in >> choose_multiplier in >> expmed.c so that when a GCC make runs choose_multiplier to test it, >> instead of >> running the tests the GCC make runs some "wide int" code that I want to >> try out. > > That sounds quite cumbersome. It wasn't ideal, but it did work! > I'm not sure I correctly understand what you're trying to do > but if what you want to do is experiment with the wide-int > classes I would consider copying the wide-int headers and .cc > files, removing dependencies on the rest of GCC, and using > that instead. It doesn't look to me like the dependencies > on the rest of GCC should be too pervasive. (If you don't > care about some parts, like GMP, you can remove functions > that depend on it.) > > Martin Thanks. Both you and U.Mutlu have made concrete suggestions which I can think about,
