[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#8372) [RFC] Inline generator

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Thu Mar 25 10:09:35 2004]:

> I want to hear what you think about this idea.
> 
> The source is preprocessed by a generator script (written on python,
> perl or similar). This script transforms functions into macros or
> inline functions based on a list. These macros or functions are moved
> into the header file to have effect. The so created source is
> compiled. You can specify dependencies (other functions, structs,
> variables) for each function. These dependencies are also resolved. If
> the generator isn't used the source files will still compile fine.

I don't like it.  I think it will take a lot of time just to solve a
language problem that was solved a long time ago.  And it will give very
little technical benefit.

Also I don't see how a function can be transformed into a macro.

jason