On Tue, 20 Mar 2018, Christopher Higgs via gcc wrote: > If this belongs in a different mailbox, please let me know where it > should be sent.
This was the right address, though sadly it somehow fell through the cracks originally. > I would like to start contributing to GCC. In viewing the relevant pages > it became clear that they have not been updated for some time, which > makes starting to contribute a bit more challenging. > > To name a few on the Simple GCC projects page:1. A few references are > made to the java front-end. Indeed, and this is something we (specifically Eric) addressed, together with various other issues on this page. > Under code cleanliness, the bullet for enormous files lists files in the > 150-500K sizes. These sizes are not current and there are at least a > couple of files in the MB range (the C++ parser.c file for example). Eric updated these as well, alas some have further grown; I'll see to do a new tally and update that. > Simplifying parser action code. GCC seems to have migrated away from > parser generators in favor of ad hoc approaches. Does this project still > apply? I don't think so, and will push a patch to remove this and associated items in a minute. A belated thank you for your feedback; I'll be looking for further issue and will happily look into anything else you may find. Gerald
