Richard Guenther wrote:
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Basile STARYNKEVITCH
<bas...@starynkevitch.net> wrote:
I really think we should add more plugin hooks *now* for gcc-4.5. They
really cannot wait the future 4.6 release (in 2011, 2012?), especially since
I don't agree at all. Also I have the feeling that plugins will in
the end result
in less developers on the core GCC infrastructure and thus plugins are bad
for GCC.
I respectfully disagree with Richard, and have the following opinion.
Because of plugins ability, some *more* people will learn a bit the
internals of GCC (enough to code their plugin) and amongst them, a few
people will eventually -later- join the core GCC developers (e.g.
because they need a hook). So the effect of plugins on the size of the
GCC community should be a gradual increase, not a regression!
The point is that plugins will enable unexpected usage of GCC, and this
is positive (and will bring gradually more people inside the community).
Regards.
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