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Rust front-end merged in GCC trunk

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158 points·by pratk·4 years ago·130 comments

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pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
Well C does allow "copying" an array if it's wrapped inside a struct, which does not make it O(1). gcc generates calls to memcpy in assembly for copying the array.
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
One C idiom that I found pretty useful is Xmacros [1]. For instance, it's used extensively in GCC code-base (.def files).

[1] https://www.drdobbs.com/the-new-c-x-macros/184401387
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
I work at a company that has been operating remotely since a decade. In our weekly syncs (or 1:1 with manager), there's little to no small talk, and the meeting gets called off if there's not much agenda. For socials, we have a monthly sync, that is voluntary. Both don't get mixed.
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
-fwrapv forces the compiler to handle signed overflow with 2's complement. UB essentially means the compiler is free to do anything, and with the option it chooses the wrapping behavior. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47232954/what-does-fwrap...
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
Also, the UB can be mitigated with -fwrapv (if desired) to handle overflowing integers with 2's complement
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
Well, we have defect reports in language specs too: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/summary.htm
pratk
·4 years ago·discuss
Looks interesting, thanks! Just curious, any plans for supporting SIMD, similar to gcc's vector extensions ?