On 7 November 2013 08:59, Joseph Rushton Wakeling < joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net> wrote:
> On 04/11/13 12:26, Iain Buclaw wrote: > >> On 4 November 2013 11:22, Joseph Rushton Wakeling < >> joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net >> <mailto:joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net>> wrote: >> Should we expect that git-head GDC will start to require GCC 4.9 in >> the near >> future? >> >> After I push the fix that you see in that patch, yes. >> > > Am I right that you're close to the point where the frontend will be > backend-neutral and so new versions can simply be dropped in as needed? > > If so, can I suggest that at that point there be a commitment to have GDC > always build against the stable GCC release as well as the development one? > I don't feel comfortable asking this without the backend-neutral situation > being resolved, but once it is, it seems like a good idea. > > The front-end is neutral in that it doesn't care about backend. But we still require some gdc-specific changes which call glue-layered hooks. These will be moved to Port/Target eventually as seen fit. -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
