Re: [Mesa3d-dev] dynamic code generation with gcc

[Gareth H. <ga...@va...>]

Gareth Hughes wrote:
> 
> My approach for this is perhaps slightly different to yours.  I was
> thinking more along the lines of having the compiled functions stored as
> strings, which can be copied and edited by the context as needed.  This
> allows the context to insert hard-coded memory references and so on.
> Similarly, I've been kicking around a design of a dynamic software
> renderer, which is built from chunks of compiled code that can be
> tweaked and chained together depending on the current GL state etc.  I
> don't think actually "compiling" code is the answer -- it's more a
> customization of pre-compiled code to suit the current context.

I should also add that functions can be built up from basic blocks, and
these blocks are stored as strings and are edited/chained together to
form the function as required.

-- Gareth