2009/7/6 Basile STARYNKEVITCH <bas...@starynkevitch.net>: > Hello All > > I would suppose that the preprocessor (ie libcpp) might be enhanced to use > plugins. I can see several scenarii for them: > > 1. a plugin could enhance the way #include directives are processed > > 2. a plugin could add additional builtin macros, like __COUNTER__, which > would be specific to the plugin. > > 3. a plugin could add extra CPP directives (like #ident) > > What do you think? Probably 1 is harder to implement than 2 or 3, but I am > not very familiar with libcpp/ > > The http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2009-07/msg00009.html mail suggested me the > plugins could be useful in the preprocessor. > > Currently, there is no plugin specific code inside libcpp/
It might be useful, but I would wait a bit before implementing it if is not critical. Lets first see how plugins get used. For example, whether the linux distributions will ship a 4.5 with plugins support. > Regards. > Cheers, -- Rafael Avila de Espindola Google | Gordon House | Barrow Street | Dublin 4 | Ireland Registered in Dublin, Ireland | Registration Number: 368047
