[Vm-dev] Re: FFI syntax

[Andreas Raab]

On 3/25/2011 7:18, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
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> On Fri, 25 Mar 2011, Andreas Raab wrote:
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>> On 3/24/2011 19:35, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>>> Isn't it the best time to migrate the syntax of FFI calls to 
>>> Pragmas? I know it takes some time to implement the pragma support, 
>>> but IIRC Lukas did that a few years ago, so dusting it off and 
>>> adding support for threaded calls (which I didn't see yet) shouldn't 
>>> be that hard.
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>> Sorry, but that's a decidedly bad idea. It breaks each and every use 
>> of the FFI out there. The FFI syntax and support is what it is, so 
>> please leave it alone. If you want to implement something different, 
>> then implement something different and do it in a form that doesn't 
>> conflict with the FFI so that both can live side by side.
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> That's the idea:
> "Both formats could be supported for a while, then we could leave the 
> current format behind and simplify the parsers/compilers, etc."
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> Even tools can be built to convert from one syntax to the other.

Glad to hear it. I hate the attitude that the only way to make progress 
is to break all code in existence. It's a lame and lazy attitude, 
unworthy of engineers who understand what they're doing.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

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> Levente
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>>
>> Cheers,
>>  - Andreas
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>>> Both formats could be supported for a while, then we could leave the 
>>> current format behind and simplify the parsers/compilers, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Levente
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