• =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= (12/12) Aug 26 2017 Is it possible to build master or gcc-7 branch of GDC from source
• Iain Buclaw (10/22) Aug 26 2017 Pretty much. Our CI script can be used as a reference too.
• Jean-Louis Leroy (2/4) Dec 29 2017 Does this mean that gdc will never have static foreach?
• Iain Buclaw (9/14) Dec 29 2017 No, it just means that maintained fork of the C++ implementation will

=?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:

Is it possible to build master or gcc-7 branch of GDC from source 
against GCC?

If so, which of the instructions

- https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC
- https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC/Installation/Generic

should I follow?

Even better, have anybody already got a script that does this?

Moreover, commit

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commit/2141559f78912b75ef7f9edc6e2d5548ea5ae282

has message "the frontend sources are now at 2.076". Does this 
mean that master compiles a working D compiler compatible with 
DMD 2.076?!!!

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:

On Saturday, 26 August 2017 at 09:40:12 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
 Is it possible to build master or gcc-7 branch of GDC from 
 source against GCC?

 If so, which of the instructions

 - https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC
 - https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC/Installation/Generic

 should I follow?

 Even better, have anybody already got a script that does this?

Pretty much. Our CI script can be used as a reference too.

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/blob/master/semaphoreci.sh

 Moreover, commit

 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commit/2141559f78912b75ef7f9edc6e2d5548ea5ae282

 has message "the frontend sources are now at 2.076". Does this 
 mean that master compiles a working D compiler compatible with 
 DMD 2.076?!!!

C++ headers are aligned with 2.076, as well as all regressions in 
the changelog backported.  We can build phobos 2.076 and pass all 
unittests. Not all features have been backported from D however. 
Notably static foreach in the upcoming release (and I have no 
plans to port it).

Moving to self hosted (ddmd) is something that will happen soon.

Iain.

Jean-Louis Leroy <jl leroy.nyc> writes:

On Saturday, 26 August 2017 at 10:23:19 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
 Notably static foreach in the upcoming release (and I have no 
 plans to port it).

Does this mean that gdc will never have static foreach?

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:

On 29 December 2017 at 20:50, Jean-Louis Leroy via D.gnu
<d.gnu puremagic.com> wrote:
 On Saturday, 26 August 2017 at 10:23:19 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
 Notably static foreach in the upcoming release (and I have no plans to
 port it).


 Does this mean that gdc will never have static foreach?

No, it just means that maintained fork of the C++ implementation will
not support static foreach.

The D implementation when its finally branched + working with
bootstrapped builds (non-bootstrapped builds are fine and pass all
tests) will initially use 2.076 proper, and so will come with all
features, including static foreach.

Relevant PR https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/pull/550