Packagise the glue layer intoirgen/

[thewilsonator]

I don't really like the name "glue", if you have abetter name, now is the time to speak up.

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[ibuclaw]

Gluelayer shouldn't be moved. If it's not longer imported by any front-end modules, then just delete it.

[ibuclaw]

I don't really like the name "glue", if you have abetter name, now is the time to speak up.

codegen?

Pedantically speaking, the bit between the front-end and back-end is called the middle-end, though dmd never made use of one. :-)

[dkorpel]

I don't really like the name "glue", if you have abetter name, now is the time to speak up.

I like names to be stable, distinct, descriptive, and short. While "glue" is not self-evident, I think it is descriptive enough for 'glueing' the frontend and backend together. Any change of name will for sure sacrifice 'stable', and I can't find anything more descriptive without becoming very long or less distinct. 'codegen' is a name I'd also use to describe the x86/arm backend for example.

[thewilsonator]

Serg suggested irgen which I am partial to.

[thewilsonator]

@dkorpel Ready to go

[dkorpel]

I'm afraid this causes merge conflicts for #21066, so perhaps we can wait with merging this as to not put more work on @rainers's plate.

I'm also not a fan of the name change, several references to the glue layer have already been made in past talks/documentation, I don't think it's worth breaking that for irgen which is just barely more self-evident. If Walter approves, I'd be okay with it though.

[thewilsonator]

I'm afraid this causes merge conflicts for #21066, so perhaps we can wait with merging this as to not put more work on @rainers's plate.

That's fine by me, there is no great rush here. I'm going to have to resolve the current conflicts at some point anyway.