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author | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2001-12-18 21:54:17 +0300 |
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committer | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2001-12-18 21:54:17 +0300 |
commit | 613137c6d5d05d4535cba0c5e29f081411d8647c (patch) | |
tree | 71c0e08a1e4cff5928bdd3cf7944c0b5f77d805e /web/c-sharp | |
parent | 351c01c26eb4ec8322b1fc6eb3f71f7d3428442e (diff) |
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diff --git a/web/c-sharp b/web/c-sharp index b65be0db90c..06c9eef6b08 100644 --- a/web/c-sharp +++ b/web/c-sharp @@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ MCS is currently able to compile small C# programs (there is a test suite included that you can use). - All type, field, method, delegates definitions are now emitted - and the body of constructors and methods is being generated - for a subset of the language. Although MCS can parse itself, - it cant not yet compile itself. Most statements are generated - correctly and about 80% of the C# expressions are supported. + We are in feature completion mode right now. There are still + a couple of areas that are not covered by the Mono compiler, but + they are very very few at this point. - Work is progressing quickly on various fronts in the C# - compiler. + Although MCS has been able to parse itself since April, + it can not yet compile itself. We are working hard towards + mkaing the compiler self hosting in Linux. A test suite is being built currently to track the progress of - the compiler. + the compiler and various programs are routinely compiled and + ran. ** Phases of the compiler @@ -57,44 +57,27 @@ Simple tasks: <ul> - * PInvoke declarations are not supported. - * Extern declarations are missing. - - * Pre-processing is not supported. - - * Jay does not work correctly with `error' - productions, making parser errors hard to point. It - would be best to port the Bison-To-Java compiler to - become Bison-to-C# compiler. - - Nick Drochak has started a project on SourceForge for this. - You can find the project at: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/"> - http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/</a> </ul> Larger tasks: <ul> - * Implement constant expression evaluator. - - * Implement constant declarations. + * Finish constant folding. </ul> Interesting and Fun hacks to the compiler: <ul> - * Finishing the JB port from Java to C#. If you are - interested in working on this, please contact the project admin on SourceForge: - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/"> - http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/</a> - - More on JB at: <a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~dennis/software/jb.html"> - http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~dennis/software/jb.html</a> - JB will allow us to move from the Berkeley Yacc - based Jay to a Bison-based compiler (better error - reporting and recovery). + * Jay does not work correctly with `error' + productions, making parser errors hard to point. It + would be best to port the Bison-To-Java compiler to + become Bison-to-C# compiler. + + Nick Drochak has started a project on SourceForge for this. + You can find the project at: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/"> + http://sourceforge.net/projects/jb2csharp/</a> * Semantic Analysis: Return path coverage and initialization before use coverage are two great |