[LLVMdev] going from gcc 4.0.1 to gcc 4.2

[Kenneth Hoste]

Hello LLVM-people,

I realize most of you have other things on their head now, with the  
1.9 release coming up, but I'd like to ask some questions regarding  
the llvm-gcc frontend.

The current llvm-gcc4 frontend is based on GCC 4.0.1, as far as I can  
tell from the docs. I also understand that GCC 4.1.x will probably be  
skipped, to go to the upcoming GCC 4.2 release directly (which is  
only a few weeks away I think).

Will this happen before the 2.0 release of LLVM, or are other things  
more needed for the next (i.e. after 1.9) release? Can anyone give me  
an idea of how much work it would take to go from a 4.0.1 to 4.2 llvm- 
gcc?
I'm wondering because an llvm-gcc frontend based on GCC 4.2 would be  
very usefull for my (and probably other peoples) purposes.

Related to that, are there any plans to create a llvm-gfortran  
frontend from the gfortran compiler included in the GCC 4.x releases?  
I've seen some mails passing on that topic, but I recall the guy  
working on that being frustrated because the gfortran release in GCC  
4.0.1 wasn't very usefull.

I'm willing to help where I can, but I'm not very experienced with  
software development. I am very interested in a Fortran frontend for  
LLVM though, because it would greatly improve the use of LLVM for me.

greetings,

Kenneth

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Kenneth Hoste
ELIS - Ghent University
kenneth.hoste at elis.ugent.be
http://www.elis.ugent.be/~kehoste