David Malcolm <dmalc...@redhat.com> writes: > On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 12:56 -0500, James K. Lowden wrote: >> The following 8 patches constitute the 80 files needed to build and >> document the COBOL front end. They assume that following exist: >> >> gcc/cobol/ChangeLog >> libgcobol/ChangeLog >> >> The messages are grouped by files in a more or less logical order, >> but groups are somewhat arbitrary. The primary constraint afaik is >> to >> keep them from getting too big, fsvo $too. We have: >> >> 460K hdr header files >> 484K par the parser >> 760K gen GENERIC interface >> 556K cbl other supporting C++ files >> 432K cfg libgcobol/configure >> 788K lib libgcobol, all of it >> 72K doc man pages, for now >> 24K bld "meta" files, such a gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in >> >> Except for "bld", these all contain new files, can be applied in any >> order. >> >> If you would like the patches smaller or larger, I'm happy to >> rearrange >> them. Some of exceed the 400 KB mail limit, but I'm assured they'll >> be >> moderated through. >> >> This patchset excludes tests. While we do have tests, it's not clear >> how or if to add them to gcc. They use a combination of (largely) >> 3rd >> party sources and GNU Autotest. >> >> A word about C style, always a lively topic. For any files already >> present in gcc, the existing style was followed, and any variation >> from >> it is unintentional. Files related to the parser use K&R style. The >> GENERIC interface and runtime library use Whitesmiths style. All C++ >> code uses spaces for indentation. >> >> The COBOL front end has been and is being written by two guys with >> decades of experience. We hope the code is a testament to that >> experience. Our relatively recent experience, these last four years, >> is that it has been more productive to keep using the styles to which >> we've long become accustomed. The position of curly braces is hardly >> any hindrance to read another's code, but it's a burden to write that >> way. We think, 83,068 lines later, the proof of the pudding is in the >> eating. >> >> Thank you for your kind consideration of our work. > > Please forgive me if you've already said this elsewhere, but is this > work available in a public git repo somewhere? >
https://gitlab.cobolworx.com/COBOLworx/gcc-cobol/ > Thanks > Dave
