VMMaker further enhancements?

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Mon Nov 19 17:18:48 UTC 2001


Tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> So, my fine fellows and fellesses, 'tis time to consider what useful
> things might further enhance that mighty utility known as VMMaker.
> 
> I concluded today that it ought to be possible to make the copying only
> copy files that are newer than the 'target', thus potentially saving
> time, especially if you are working across a network. At the same time,
> maybe checking to see if the target is newer than the supposed source
> should, I think, let us warn that the 'wrong' file was edited and give
> you a chance to back-copy it. This would probably reduce the potential
> for surprise over-writes of a file you have quickly hacked to add some
> printf or whatever.
> 
> Of course, you should never, ever, manually edit a generated file, not
> that you would, but maybe there is a plausible way to even detect that?
> Any ideas?
> 
> I always had this vague idea that VMMaker ought to be able to assemble
> the makefile (or at least the core part of it) since clearly we know
> which files we are putting where etc. Does anyone have any good
> suggestions for implementation?
> 
> Other neat ideas?  Bug fixes even?
To bypass gcc etc. all together and use the machine code generator 
classes already out there.
> 
> tim
> --
> Tim Rowledge, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu, http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
> Useful random insult:- Useful as a football bat.

You don't mean me, do you ?

karl




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