[LLVMdev] Writing LLVM front-end

Ahmed Taj elsir meedo456123 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 20 06:55:20 PST 2015


>>> I think one COULD write a compiler (frontend) that has pointers/references to objects >>> which are "behind the scenes"
>>> implemented similar to smart pointers. I have never tried to do this,however. You would
>>> need to have the language generate constructor/destructor/assign operations in some way.

That is what I mean by using smart pointer instead of GC :) .

On 2/20/15, Ahmed Taj elsir <meedo456123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean "the best solution" , from performance and safety perspectives.
> not the easiest one.
>



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