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Re: TODO
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Gary V. Vaughan |
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Re: TODO |
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Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:27:48 +0000 |
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Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>
> When evaluating the direction to take for a C-based libtool, I tend to
> think of libtool being similar to `make' in that it is a rules
> processor. The process of "configuring" libtool would be a matter of
> selecting which collection of rules applies to the current system. I
> see that the "rules" are scripted somehow (could use /bin/sh as `make'
> does) and are easily changed, but the core libtool engine works
> identically on all platforms, and does not need to be based on
> scripting.
What an excellent idea! Care to throw together a straw-man design?
> The main argument to use a VM for internal libtool logic
> would be to reduce code size so the libtool footprint is smaller.
Depending on the language chosen as input to the byte-code compiler, we
might also be able to come up with something that is a better fit for the
problem space.
Writing rules-based ltmain in C might take a lot longer than writing
it in a higher level language, and will probably take longer to work
the bugs out of.
I am not (yet) especially in favour of either C or an as yet undetermined
byte-compilable language, but I would definitely like to explore the
idea of replacing the creaky old ltmain.sh code :-)
Cheers,
Gary.
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- Re: TODO, (continued)
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Bruce Korb, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/09
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/10
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/10
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/10
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/10
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- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/09
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Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/10
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