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Re: Adding codegeneration step

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From:
Jesse Vincent
Date:
January 1, 2011 02:30
Subject:
Re: Adding codegeneration step
Message ID:
20110101102954.GB3713@shihtzu



On Fri 31.Dec'10 at  0:34:21 +0100, Leon Timmermans wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Gerard Goossen <gerard@ggoossen.net> wrote:
> > * Small summary:
> > Before executing a subroutine/optree, there is a codegeneration step
> > added where the optree is converted in an "instruction" list
> > (consisting of pp_* functions with arguments).  As a result the
> > optree does no longer function as an execution list, i.e op_next is
> > gone.
> 
> As far as I know we entered the contentious changes freeze on the
> 20th. I don't think it is realistic to think that a change of this
> size will enter 5.14 at this stage. And to be honest, there seem to be
> quite a compatibility issues to your patches, even if all current
> tests still pass, those would need to be sorted out first anyway.

Indeed. You're too late to get codegen into 5.14, though it looks like
you have a bunch of test patches and other cleanups that, assuming
they're reasonable and correct, could get into blead before the 5.14
freeze.

-j



> Leon


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