GNU bug report logs - #15880
Compute C declarations for DEFSYMs automatically.

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Message #11 received at 15880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 15880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15880: Compute C declarations for DEFSYMs automatically.
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:19:06 -0500

> Attached is a first cut to implement something along the lines
> that Stefan has been suggesting for a while, namely, to compute
> declarations for DEFSYM variables automatically.  This should
> help avoid needless clutter in the C code and silly errors involving
> mismatched decls etc.  This version is tested on Fedora 19 x86-64
> and Solaris 10 sparc-32.  I plan to do a bit more testing before
> installing it.  I don't know of any reason it wouldn't work with
> Microsoft platforms but I'm no expert there.

Thanks.  That looks good.
I'm wondering about one issue, tho: this creates a "big single file
dependency", so addition/removal of a DEFSYM somewhere causes
recompilation of all files.  Would it be possible to trick the deps/*
rules so they pretend this file is not a dependency?


        Stefan

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