Comments on: It works! http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2007/06/19/it-works/ Just another Blog.mozilla.com weblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tglek http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2007/06/19/it-works/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 tglek Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2007/06/19/it-works/#comment-1610 I didn't rewire oink. I just added some basic API so it is aware of macro expansion. The secret sauce is in the modified MCPP which outputs an undo-log while doing macro expansion. And yes it is possible to make oink apps work directly on .cpp/.h files. However it'd be done the same way as a classical C compiler. Ie the apps would just run the preprocessor for you. To get the source, ask me on irc. I'm taras on irc.mozilla.org I didn’t rewire oink. I just added some basic API so it is aware of macro expansion. The secret sauce is in the modified MCPP which outputs an undo-log while doing macro expansion.

And yes it is possible to make oink apps work directly on .cpp/.h files. However it’d be done the same way as a classical C compiler. Ie the apps would just run the preprocessor for you.

To get the source, ask me on irc. I’m taras on irc.mozilla.org

]]> By: Fredrik http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2007/06/19/it-works/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Fredrik Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:24:21 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2007/06/19/it-works/#comment-1609 Does the CPP-awareness of the rewired Oink also imply that it will work directly on the .cpp/.h files, rather than having to be applied to the intermediary (preprocessed) .i files? Essentially, is it now (large parts of) a compiler front-end with extra tasty meta-data sugar? Also, does one have to wait until the patches are pushed upstream to Oink before it's possible to get to poke at it? I'm curious. And impressed. Nice work! Does the CPP-awareness of the rewired Oink also imply that it will work directly on the .cpp/.h files, rather than having to be applied to the intermediary (preprocessed) .i files?

Essentially, is it now (large parts of) a compiler front-end with extra tasty meta-data sugar?

Also, does one have to wait until the patches are pushed upstream to Oink before it’s possible to get to poke at it?

I’m curious. And impressed. Nice work!

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