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Andy Wingo b0b180d522 nifty generic compiler infrastructure -- no more hardcoded passes
* module/system/base/language.scm (<language>): Rework so that instead of
  hardcoding passes in the language, we define compilers that translate
  from one language to another. Add `parser' to the language fields, a
  bit of a hack but useful for languages with s-expression external
  representations but with record internal representations.
  (define-language, *compilation-cache*, invalidate-compilation-cache!)
  (compute-compilation-order, lookup-compilation-order): Add an algorithm
  that does a depth-first search for a translation path from a source
  language to a target language, caching the result in a lookup table.

* module/language/scheme/spec.scm:
* module/language/ghil/spec.scm: Update to the new language format.

* module/language/glil/spec.scm: Add a language specification for GLIL,
  with a compiler to objcode. Also there are parsers and printers, for
  repl usage, but for some reason this doesn't work yet.

* module/language/objcode/spec.scm: Define a language specification for
  object code. There is some sleight of hand here, in the "compiler" to
  values; but there is method behind the madness, because this way we
  higher levels can pass environments (a module + externals pair) to
  objcode->program.

* module/language/value/spec.scm: Define a language specification for
  values. There is something intellectually dishonest about this, but it
  does serve its purpose as a foundation for the language hierarchy.

* configure.in:
* module/language/Makefile.am
* module/language/ghil/Makefile.am
* module/language/glil/Makefile.am
* module/language/objcode/Makefile.am
* module/language/value/Makefile.am:
  Autotomfoolery for the ghil, glil, objcode, and value languages.

* module/language/scheme/translate.scm (translate): Import the bits that
  understand `compile-time-environment' here, and pass on the relevant
  portions of the environment to the next compiler pass.

* module/system/base/compile.scm (current-language): New procedure, refs
  the current language fluid, or lazily sets it to scheme.
  (call-once, call-with-output-file/atomic): Refactor these bits to use
  with-throw-handler. No functional change.
  (compile-file, compile-and-load, compile-passes, compile-fold)
  (compile): Refactor the public interface of the compiler to be generic
  and simple. Uses `lookup-compilation-order' to find a path from the
  source language to the target language.

* module/system/base/syntax.scm (define-type): Adapt to changes in
  define-record.
  (define-record): Instead of expecting all slots in the first form,
  expect them in the body, and let the first form hold the options.

* module/system/il/compile.scm (compile): Adapt to the compilation pass
  API (three in and two out).

* module/system/il/ghil.scm (<ghil-var>, <ghil-env>)
  (<ghil-toplevel-env>): Adapt to define-record changes.

* module/system/il/glil.scm (<glil-vars>): Adapt to define-record
  changes.
  (<glil>, print-glil): Add a GLIL record printer that uses unparse.
  (parse-glil, unparse-glil): Update unparse (formerly known as pprint),
  and write a parse function.

* module/system/repl/common.scm (<repl>): Adapt to define-record changes.
  (repl-parse): New function, parses the read form using the current
  language. Something of a hack.
  (repl-compile): Adapt to changes in `compile'.
  (repl-eval): Fix up the does-the-language-have-a-compiler check for
  changes in <language>.

* module/system/repl/repl.scm (start-repl): Parse the form before eval.

* module/system/repl/command.scm (describe): Parse.
  (compile): Be more generic.
  (compile-file): Adapt to changes in compile-file.
  (disassemble, time, profile, trace): Parse.

* module/system/vm/debug.scm:
* module/system/vm/assemble.scm: Adapt to define-record changes.

* module/language/scheme/translate.scm (receive): Fix an important bug
  that gave `receive' letrec semantics instead of let semantics. Whoops!
2008-11-14 22:42:31 +01:00
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standalone Remove GH and its traces. 2008-09-28 18:42:02 -03:00
tests nifty generic compiler infrastructure -- no more hardcoded passes 2008-11-14 22:42:31 +01:00
ChangeLog-2008 Rename ChangeLog' files to ChangeLog-2008'. 2008-09-12 21:49:58 +02:00
guile-test merge from 1.8 branch 2006-04-16 23:37:40 +00:00
lib.scm * tests/continuations.test ("continuations"): Use 2007-10-21 20:45:45 +00:00
Makefile.am Add `ChangeLog-2008' files to the distribution. 2008-09-12 21:57:52 +02:00
README Note need for subscription to bug-guile@gnu.org. 2006-11-17 15:53:17 +00:00

This directory contains some tests for Guile, and some generic test
support code.

To run these tests, you will need a version of Guile more recent than
15 Feb 1999 --- the tests use the (ice-9 and-let*) and (ice-9
getopt-long) modules, which were added to Guile around then.

For information about how to run the test suite, read the usage
instructions in the comments at the top of the guile-test script.

You can reference the file `lib.scm' from your own code as the module
(test-suite lib); it also has comments at the top and before each
function explaining what's going on.

Please write more Guile tests, and send them to bug-guile@gnu.org.
(Note that you must be subscribed to this list first, in order to
successfully send a report to it.)  We'll merge them into the
distribution.  All test suites must be licensed for our use under the
GPL, but I don't think I'm going to collect assignment papers for
them.



Some test suite philosophy:

GDB has an extensive test suite --- around 6300 tests.  Every time the
test suite catches a bug, it's great.

GDB is so complicated that folks are often unable to get a solid
understanding of the code before making a change --- we just don't
have time.  You'll see people say things like, "Here's a fix for X; it
doesn't cause any regressions."  The subtext is, I made a change that
looks reasonable, and the test suite didn't complain, so it must be
okay.

I think this is terrible, because it suggests that the writer is using
the test suite as a substitute for having a rock-solid explanation of
why their changes are correct.  The problem is that any test suite is
woefully incomplete.  Diligent reasoning about code can catch corner
conditions or limitations that no test suite will ever find.



Jim's rule for test suites:

Every test suite failure should be a complete, mysterious surprise,
never a possibility you were prepared for.  Any other attitude
indicates that you're using the test suite as a crutch, which you need
only because your understanding is weak.