From: Jon Loeliger <jdl-CYoMK+44s/E@public.gmane.org>
To: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Anton Staaf <robotboy-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add character literal parsing in bytestrings
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:41:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1QjsZh-00024e-HY@jdl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110721051903.GO6399-787xzQ0H9iQXU02nzanrWNbf9cGiqdzd@public.gmane.org>
>
> Well, to be honest I'd love to have this syntax several years ago :).
>
> [...]
>
> Ok, here's what I suggest. For now, can you create a patch which
> recognizes the character construct syntax in the lexer (including
> escapes), and allows its use in cell context. That won't actually do
> what you want, but it gets a fair chunk of the code in a testable,
> upstreamable form without making syntax changes I'm uncomfortable
> with.
>
> While we're getting that merged we can debate which/how to proceed
> with either variable size cell syntax or allowing the character
> literals in bytestring context.
Is it worth investigating any of the work I did down this line
several years ago? It's all still in the "test" branch if so.
jdl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-21 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-23 23:20 [PATCH 0/2] Character literal parsing Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <1308871239-32683-1-git-send-email-robotboy-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-23 23:20 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add character literal parsing in bytestrings Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <1308871239-32683-2-git-send-email-robotboy-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-20 13:40 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20110720134006.GJ6399-787xzQ0H9iQXU02nzanrWNbf9cGiqdzd@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-20 16:50 ` Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <CAF6FioX-yYwd3FN106yCwJQD7N27J9XSiUseFHuhTWJGeq3pvw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-21 5:19 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20110721051903.GO6399-787xzQ0H9iQXU02nzanrWNbf9cGiqdzd@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-21 12:41 ` Jon Loeliger [this message]
[not found] ` <E1QjsZh-00024e-HY-CYoMK+44s/E@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-27 1:49 ` David Gibson
2011-06-23 23:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] Add escaped character support to character literals Anton Staaf
2011-06-24 20:02 ` [PATCH 0/2] Character literal parsing David Brown
[not found] ` <8yawrgb3smr.fsf-AOX6H5vLt3Uj8izMo0bVsAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-24 20:22 ` Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=iUqMwag-A6t1ubDgSAN9xqWuTMwLG32EKKWuwVbigyg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-24 21:11 ` David Brown
[not found] ` <8yafwmz3pg3.fsf-AOX6H5vLt3Uj8izMo0bVsAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-24 21:17 ` Jon Loeliger
[not found] ` <E1QaDkb-0004cc-Jx-CYoMK+44s/E@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-24 21:28 ` Anton Staaf
2011-06-24 21:32 ` Anton Staaf
2011-06-24 21:34 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <BANLkTinDPNfXWUOWPR3HmZatE=ohzO0Ybg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-24 21:47 ` Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=EEuuYSZdLeE1UFsdT=xuEZREkEs+R_FcdQo6JPA-fEQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-28 23:00 ` Anton Staaf
2011-07-20 13:44 ` David Gibson
2011-07-20 13:42 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20110720134238.GK6399-787xzQ0H9iQXU02nzanrWNbf9cGiqdzd@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-20 16:23 ` Anton Staaf
[not found] ` <CAF6FioVMOxF7Vc74F6-yPGkwx7xS_xEa03Q2BpQewGaG=ZvkYQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-20 17:27 ` Jon Loeliger
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