Re: Lexer/cpplib improvements

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Lexer/cpplib improvements
\ Alexey Salmin (20 Mar 2008)
. \ Ian Lance Taylor (20 Mar 2008)

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Subject:	Re: Lexer/cpplib improvements
Group:	Gcc
From:	Ian Lance Taylor
Date:	20 Mar 2008

"Alexey Salmin" <alexey.salmin> writes:

> I want to join the gcc development process and I decided that
> Lexer/cpplib will be a good place to start. It's quite interesting for
> me, I have some experience in this theme in few projects, fortunately
> there is a <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cppinternals/">special
> manual</a> and <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Speedup_areas">some
> work to do</a>.
> Also I'd like to participate in the Google Summer of Code with this
> project. Is it enough complicated? Is there any sense of writing an
> application? Who can be my mentor?
> Even if i don't join the GSOC I still need a person who can help me
> sometimes with this task.

We would be happy to have work in the lexer/cpplib area, as part of
Summer of Code or not. For Summer of Code you should propose a
specific set of changes that you plan to do. Make sure it is both
doable and not too small. Also make sure to look at the comments on
the proposal when you make it--unfortunately I don't think the Summer
of Code application will send you e-mail about changes. We will
figure out an appropriate mentor for you--there are several
possibilities, and it will depend on what other projects we receive.

Thanks!

Ian