[PATCH] D26042: Consolidate BumpPtrAllocators.

[Rui Ueyama via llvm-commits]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Rafael Espíndola <
rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 October 2016 at 16:16, Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Oct 28, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 28, 2016, at 1:00 PM, Rafael Espíndola <
> rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I’m fine with keeping our disagreement about the lld “style”.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just keep in mind that this is not a direction that is “encouraging
> everyone” to be involved or care about lld.
> >>>
> >>> That is fine. The objective of the new ELF linker is simple: be the
> >>> best ELF linker out there. The objective is not to have it be a
> >>> generic reusable framework os to maximize the number of people
> >>> involved in it.
> >>
> >> Not being reusable just does not line up with what *I* would expect
> from a LLVM project in general. We wouldn’t have this discussion if you had
> started a separate linker project on GitHub.
> >
> > To be clear: I’m just expressing a personal view and expectation here:
> there is nothing wrong with building an awesome monolithic linker that
> solves real problem otherwise (which is what I believe you are doing with
> lld).
>
> Yes, that is exactly what we are doing.
>

Well, this is what we are doing now, but it doesn't mean that we are set in
stone only with that goal.

And for any design (why the quotes?) decision there are those that
> disagree. Now, given that the people actually writing the linker
> agreed on the design, I don't see why they would not follow it because
> someone else doesn't like it.
>
> Note that is perfectly symmetrical. If you start working on a library
> with a design I disagree with, the design might prevent me from
> contributing to it. That is fine. I would not try to say that *you*
> should code something in the way *I* think is right. Please don't try
> to force your design preference unto the people writing the ELF lld.
>
> Cheers,
> Rafael
>
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