Re: [Gcl-devel] CVS should now build

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Agreed on all three points.  My feeling is that once we get what we
have building stably on the major platforms, we need to start thinking
of a roadmap for planned improvements.  All these things need to be
done, but if we do them in the right order, we could save ourselves
considerable effort.  

The ANSI C compliance seems pretty easy.  Again, after we get the
current tree building stably with minimal changes, perhaps we should
release as 2.4.1, and then start adding -Wall to the compile flags,
cleaning up everything we see there, and then maybe -ansi.  I've
looked at this and its a significant job, though straightforward.

With the  targeting of sections of GCL, this is a great idea, but we
should have some discussion as to which areas are priority.
Personally, I don't feel I yet have enough experience to meaningfully
comment :-)

Test procedures are critical, IMHO, and of all these suggestions,
should be done first.  I'm just using make test from maxima, but this
is surely inadequate.  Does anyone know of a CLtL1 tester available
somewhere?  

Take care,

Robert Alan Byer <address@hidden> writes:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> 
> One thing I would like to suggest is that we TRY to make the C code as ANSI 
> C compliant as possible so as to make it easier to port to other platforms.
> 
> Another suggestion I have is to work only on one section of the GCL code at 
> a time like the GMP stuff and then work into the other code.  That way 
> we'll get a better understanding of the overall picture how everything is 
> put together.
> 
> I would also recomend that we work to make sure that each section of the 
> GCL code that has test procedures work (like the tests in GMP) so that 
> those porting the code to other platforms can test each section as they go.
> 
> Just my $0.02
> 
> 
>  +------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
>  | Robert Alan Byer | address@hidden | ICQ #65926579 |
>  +------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
>  | Send an E-mail request to obtain a copy of my PGP key.      |
>  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
>  | "It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.  It is by |
>  |  cans of cola the thoughts aquire speed, the hands acquire  |
>  |  shakes, the shakes become a warning.  It is by caffeine    |
>  |  alone I set my mind in motion."                            |
>  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: 2.6.3ia
> Charset: noconv
> 
> iQEVAwUBPBuxaKVSqzlBVJbBAQHjGQgAhY3uHvrVMLGW2jzn7e2aP7UKuRgtimz/
> sDvQLcrj0y1gbAn2be+aLkY8JNWjh5Uv/ELE20pHe1NsAKOqqzhdwWEpE+NMlTII
> 7f1g8dK//+NlGtyqdDXjsPqEv23i9RF2Swd/YbpAavwKqI5pMSq8aSd77UBSxpYL
> z+j7KFG8UV6IBbp0daM/ra7NSPe6VJStexpDr4577bGWI0PLMYjgzq50vDnMgFjz
> Jckfln4YdKH0CwBl+QDat+za0u0GBPBF5lug21rLM3quVlYkE+R68r6QjBA8UbaU
> I7r0QNjvJSsTijlfFTPMn9yc4P4mRVqHd40IvNP4QyAoeWrSuKytrw==
> =si6E
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Gcl-devel mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
> 
> 

-- 
Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
==========================================================================
"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah