Re: [PATCH 0/10] Sparse linker

["Alexey Zaytsev" <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org> wrote:
>> 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.
> Ok, let me try to explain how the stuff works. Please note that in

Ugh, my pretty code listings got corrupted by the bloody gmail.
Here is a better version: http://zaytsev.su/explanation.txt