Why do we install .dump files?
James E Keenan
jkeen at verizon.net
Thu Jun 7 01:42:37 UTC 2012
On 6/6/12 9:24 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>
> With respect to .dump files: HLL developers don't really care
> about the .dump files themselves; mainly we just need to know
> the correct procedure to compile and run dynops and dynpmcs
> for our languages. (Or, if dynops/dynpmcs disappear someday, how
> do we achieve their equivalent functionality?) We depend on
> the tools -- that's the part we know about -- and the tools
> apparently depend on the .dump files. So they are a dependency
> one level removed from what HLL designers care about and work with.
>
I don't know enough about dynops or dynpmcs to write documentation about
them. But, can I ask you to at least name the tools you are referring to?
That way, should I decide to embark on a refactoring of some of them --
pmc2c.pl in particular -- at least I'll be better positioned to identify
the point at which I measure the "do-no-harm" factor.
Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
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