Re: [PATCH] Unbounded array support implemented (for Modula-2)

[Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>]

Gaius Mulley <gaius@glam.ac.uk> writes:
> thank you for the various pointers (re: dwarf2 opcodes, subranges and
> unbounded arrays - I also note your --fixme-- in the dwarf2read code)
> - I wonder whether it might be better to hold off applying the patch
> and attempt to solve the problem properly using the COMPUTE_BOUND
> method explained above.  I'm willing to attempt this - its always more
> satisfying solving a problem correctly :-) and in theory this method
> might be useful for Pascal as well.  It should also mean ISO M2
> multidimensional unbounded arrays will be easier to implement.

Wonderful!  I admire your readiness to take this on; I'll be happy to
help as much as I can.  Yes, I think this would work for Pascal as
well.

I don't know how much work this is, but if there were some way you
could get GNU Modula-2 into Fedora Core or Fedora Extras, I think that
might increase your audience a bit.  These days, if I can't install
something by typing 'sudo yum install foo', I move on to something
else.

(By the way, what's entailed in getting GNU Modula-2 into the main GCC
sources?)