GCC 5.0 Compiler Might Be On The Way

[Brane215]

You mean like compiler sources that their developers actually fully understand ?

On the second thought - is this even allowed under L/GPL licence ?

[Brane215]

Edit: so yeah, I care mostly because it is exiting what this means for the future.

You mean like compiler sources that their developers actually fully understand ? Or at least this bit (who knows what else is in state of kludge) ?

How exciting !

[Xake]

Well, let me google that for you...

What is "reload" ?

What is reload?

Reload is the GCC equivalent of Satan. See [gccsource:reload.c], [gccsource:reload1.c], and [gccsource:reload.h] if you have a brave soul. (You'll probably also wind up looking at [gccsource:local-alloc.c] and [gccsource:global.c], the register allocator proper.)

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/reload

In short t seems to be a bit of code that has become magic, that is it does loads of thing, but noone has really any knowledge anymore of how, and sometimes why. This makes the code hard to maintain and optimize. So getting rid of reload is probably one large step towards a cleaner codebase that is easier to understand, easier to maintain, and easier to optimize. So maybe getting rid or reloaded is for the maintainers of GCC the foothold to be able to get more performance out of GCC, resulting in what our little troll screams for.

Edit: so yeah, I care mostly because it is exiting what this means for the future.

[Brane215]

What is "reload" ?

My point EXACTLY. WTF really cares outside developer circle ?

[orzel]

It seems so obvious to everybody, but ...

What is "reload" ?

[mark45]

No, but I just couldn't survive that competition...

Don't be shy, you're doing a good work here.

[Brane215]

They could also hire a troll, are you employed?

No, but I just couldn't survive that competition...

[mark45]

Well then, that puts whole thing in entirely different perspective. Why don't they go for 6.0 to make bigger impact then ?

They could also hire a troll, are you employed?

[Brane215]

Or, you know - they spend hours each day working on the compiler, and take a break for five minutes to argue on the mailing list.

Well then, that puts whole thing in entirely different perspective. Why don't they go for 6.0 to make bigger impact then ?

[Delgarde]

Instead of making real progress they seem to be drooling over stupid version number.

Or, you know - they spend hours each day working on the compiler, and take a break for five minutes to argue on the mailing list.