Re: FWD:Re: refactoring

David Abrahams wrote:
> David Abrahams <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> 
>>Stefan Seefeld <[email protected]> writes:

>>>I don't think the backend really comes into play. 
>>
>>Yeah, I think Joel is using the term "backend" to mean "all the
>>semantic analysis," whereas most people mean "platform-specific code
>>generation and optimizations" when they say "backend."
> 
> 
> Err, sorry, I was wrong.  Yes, architecture does come into play, or it
> can. For example, 
> 
>   sizeof(int) == sizeof(long)
> 
> is a compile-time constant that can affect which of two class template
> specializations is chosen, completely altering the types in play, and
> also such things as (member function) overload sets.

Fair enough. I just wanted to make sure we agree on what we are *not*
talking about, i.e. what most people refer to as a 'compiler backend',
i.e. code optimization, register allocation, etc.

Regards,
		Stefan