Hello, we are delighted that you decided to apply for GSoC and that you have chosen GCC as the organization.
On Sat, Mar 04 2023, Rishi Raj via Gcc wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My name is Rishi Raj, and I am a third-year undergraduate studying Computer > Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in > India. I wish to participate in this year's GSOC with GCC. > > My progress so far: > > 1. Successfully built the GCC from source using the installing gcc > guide. (I will run the test suite today.) > 2. Read about different configuration options during installations and > also went through the gcc-newbies-guide, which was an exciting read and > provided an overview of how to proceed in gcc-contribution. I want to > extend my appreciation to David for this. > > After reading about the suggested projects described on GCC's GSOC page, I > found "Bypass assembler when generating LTO object files" and "C++: > Implement compiler built-in traits for the standard library traits" > interesting. Currently, I am examining the preliminary patch > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2014-09/msg00340.html for the first > project. Please note that both projects have already been discussed on the mailing list. For information about the first one definitely have a look at https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2023-March/240833.html The C++ traits project has been discussed at least in https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2023-February/240816.html If you have any questions after reading through the above, feel free to email the mailing list again. > I can work on a small project/patch after this in a day or two. I > would greatly appreciate your suggestions for the same. Unfortunately, there just are not many "small" projects that a newcomer would complete in "a day or two." I can only endorse what David wrote to you in his email. > > I have taken compiler theory and laboratory courses as a part of my > institute curriculum. In the laboratory, we designed a tiny-c compiler (a > subset of GCC). In theory, I learned about different phases of > compilations, various optimization techniques, etc. > > Please find my course website link for a detailed overview: > https://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~bivasm/compiler2022.html#Lecture > That looks like a nice course after which you are likely to be familiar with the necessary concepts for GCC work. Good luck! Martin
