Re: MPS: Loaded pdump

[Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>]

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:

> Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, May 16 2024, Gerd Möllmann wrote:
>>
>>> The infrastructure for that is there, but a felt gazillion small
>>> functions need to be written, one for each type :-/.
>>
>> Can we move dflt_scan and the fix_* functions to an extra file and then
>> include that twice; each time with suitable definitions for MPS_FIX1 and
>> MPS_FIX2 so that it either does the normal fixing or the mirroring?
>
> Don't know if that's flexible enough :-(.
>
> Another idea I had yesterday would be to have one set of functions that
> when called record meta-info about types. That could be done on startup.
> Generic scan and mirror function could then interpret that meta-info.
> ;-).
>
> Code generation would be my personal favourite, though.
>
> And I was sooo close to doing it in C++ in the beginning. I think I
> could do that sh*t with templates, too. Too bad.
>
> Ceterum censeo Emacs should allow C++.

C++ is not an option for me as well sorry.

Could you show an example of code you want to generate (and the
corresponding code you want to generate from)?

Thanks

  Andrea