On 7 November 2013 08:59, Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@webdrake.net> wrote:
On 04/11/13 12:26, Iain Buclaw wrote:
On 4 November 2013 11:22, Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@webdrake.net
<mailto:joseph.wakeling@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.


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Iain Buclaw

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