Re: [PATCH 0/10] Sparse linker

["Christopher Li" <sparse@chrisli.org>]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, that's not how it works. ;)
> Please compile and run the code. And look at what is actually generated.
> Or wait a bit, I'll try to describe the serialization process in more detail.
>

I did. It generate C *source* code like this:

=============cut =============
#include "test.sparse_declarations.c"

#define NULL ((void *)0)
static struct a_wrapper __a_0 = {
        .payload = {
                .d = 1,
                .b_ptr = &__b_0.payload,
        },
};
static struct b_wrapper __b_0 = {
        .payload = {
                .k = 11,
                .a_ptr = &__a_1.payload,
        },
};
============ paste ===========

I assume you intend to use a real compiler(gcc) to compile
and link that code, no?

I haven't fully understand how you use that piece of C code. But my
gut feeling is that we shouldn't need to do that C source code
generation at all.

Chris