[cfe-dev] bugzilla change

Daniel Dunbar daniel at zuster.org
Sun Mar 14 20:40:00 PDT 2010


On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Daniel Dunbar wrote:
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>>>
>>> Merging the driver and headers into "frontend" didn't seem right, but if you guys really want to do that, I can, just let me know.  I tend to agree that C++'0x should just be a keyword.  For that matter, C++ as a whole could be a keyword since it is orthogonal from the "where" in Clang it is.  Any thoughts or objection to that?
>>
>> I think about it from a user / who-will fix perspective. To a user, I
>> don't there there is a difference between driver/frontend, and most
>> people who are willing to hack on the frontend could hack on the
>> driver or headers. OTOH, C++ bugs at least for now tend to be in a
>> separate class.
>
> I don't really see people filing bugs into the "driver" component for example, most people drop them in new bugs.  I see this as a useful way to classify bugs once they are filed if they aren't going to be immediately fixed.

Maybe I just have a pipe dream that the same people who fix frontend
bugs will fix driver bugs. :)

 - Daniel

> -Chris




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