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SubjectRe: [rfc] built-in native compiler for Linux?
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> If this was about teaching sparse to run lockdep at compile time, or
> generally about making the kernel compilation much faster and able to
> catch many more bugs there might be a point where the effort is worth
> the investment.

The preprocessor and its interaction with regular C code is quite
nasty. If sparse could get rid of the complexities and idiosyncrasies at
that level then it may be useful as a "pre" compiler.



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