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Re: [Tinycc-devel] Can be extended for C++?
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Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho |
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Re: [Tinycc-devel] Can be extended for C++? |
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:27:20 +0300 |
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:59:00AM +0200, Ivo wrote:
> Yes. The code generator is intertwined with the parser. Also, I seem to
> remember reading somewhere that a single pass C++ compiler is impossible
> due to the nature of the language. tcc is a single pass compiler.
The C++ language, like C, includes certain warts specifically to allow
for one-pass compilation. I am not aware of any C++ features that
require more than one pass, but I could be wrong.
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