[Cobolforgcc-devel] Status

[Tom B. <tom...@gm...>]

Tim, I've kludged my way to compiling gcc/cobol/cobcbei.c where I've
met the tree crowd and haven't yet gotten past:

../../gcctrunk_with_cobol/gcc/cobol/cobcbei.c:2086: error: invalid
type argument of '->' (have 'int')
../../gcctrunk_with_cobol/gcc/cobol/cobcbei.c:2086: error: invalid
type argument of '->' (have 'int')
../../gcctrunk_with_cobol/gcc/cobol/cobcbei.c:2086: error: invalid
type argument of '->' (have 'int')

When I run into such I've tried to extract the trouble spot into a
little test program. But I'm now into a nest of tree macros (many
changes since 2002) and conflicting gcc headers that I'm having
trouble unravelling.  I'm thinking that I might be more useful at this
point by shifting gears and trying another project for a while:

  from the gcc site:
    Development->
      Open projects->
        projects for beginner GCC hackers->
          General code cleanliness->
            Disentangle the current web of header-header interdependencies.

I believe this will also help the cobol project, too.  What say you?

-Tom

BTW, I've added cobol.texi into the mix and have it producing pdf
along with the other gcc docs.