[cfe-dev] RFC: Clang driver redesign (round 2)

[Alek Paunov]

On 08.11.2011 13:23, James Molloy wrote:
> Many people want to have a configuration file that can do almost
> everything at invoke-time, but to cover all use cases that would
> require turing completeness and a full-on scripting language, which
> has been pooh-poohed already (and I don't agree with anyway).

The two can be combined I think - configuration for let say 90% of the 
cases + scripting language loaded as optional plugin for the rest.

Regarding configurations flexibility: Usually there are antagonism 
between the two polar structures of configuration trees: a) Structure 
symmetrical to full internal representations (fast and simple 
validation/loading/storing), z) Short, human-friendly DSL (possibly with 
inheritances, aliases, etc). In many projects the problem is resolved 
using additional tool which translates z) to a) on demand (only on z 
change), using a) templates as base.

Kind Regards,
Alek