[Caml-list] About recently dead compiler-hacking wiki

[Kakadu]

Hey, folks

Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

Gasche-style lists with small descriptions like [1] are quite good. If
you have personal ones I will be happy to look on them (you can post
them there). Even in french.

Happy hacking,
Kakadu

[1] http://gallium.inria.fr/~scherer/description_projets_ocaml.html

[Anil Madhavapeddy]

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

Umm, the above rumours of the death of the OCaml Labs wiki may be slightly premature.
https://github.com/ocamllabs/compiler-hacking/wiki/Things-to-work-on

..indicates that the project list isn't curated actively and that it's not authoritative to avoid misleading students, but the list is still a good source of interesting projects. Note that it's open for editing by anyone, so you are more welcome to help out by editing and refreshing any projects in there.

Cambridge Compiler hacking sessions took a hiatus for the summer, but will return soon for those in the region:
https://ocamllabs.github.io/compiler-hacking/

It would be great to see similar events in Paris or elsewhere if anyone is interested in organising them!

regards,
Anil

[John Whitington]

Hi,

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

The ocamllabs wiki used to have a list of good things for beginners. In
that vein, there are a few things marked 'junior_job' here:

http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php

(Use 'junior_job' as the search term)

John
--
John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/

[Kakadu]

John,

This search gives me only 3 issues that are not closed. Am I doing
the search righ?

Kakadu

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:07 PM, John Whitington

Hi,

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

The ocamllabs wiki used to have a list of good things for beginners. In that
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php
(Use 'junior_job' as the search term)
John
--
John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/

[Gabriel Scherer]

To look for issues tagged junior_job from
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php , first reset your
current Mantis filter ("Reset filter"), then click the "Tags" link in the
filter form, that will open an input field where you can write (or select)
"junior_job".

The following link also works (built using the "Create Permalink" option to
get a URL from a filter):

http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/search.php?project_id=1&resolution_id[]=10&resolution_id[]=30&sticky_issues=on&sortby=last_updated&dir=DESC&hide_status_id=-2&tag_string=junior_job

Post by Kakadu
John,
This search gives me only 3 issues that are not closed. Am I doing
the search righ?
Kakadu
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:07 PM, John Whitington

Post by John Whitington
Hi,

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

The ocamllabs wiki used to have a list of good things for beginners. In

that

Post by John Whitington
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php
(Use 'junior_job' as the search term)
John
--
John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/

--
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs

[Junsong Li]

Wow, I think Gabriel's list is more tangible than that wiki.

@Kakadu the wiki is for a local OCaml hacking group, so it may be outdated,
and the listed projects are not agreed by the core team. You need to
discuss with them the viability of the project before the attack!

To look for issues tagged junior_job from http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/
view_all_bug_page.php , first reset your current Mantis filter ("Reset
filter"), then click the "Tags" link in the filter form, that will open an
input field where you can write (or select) "junior_job".
The following link also works (built using the "Create Permalink" option
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/search.php?project_id=1&
resolution_id[]=10&resolution_id[]=30&sticky_issues=on&
sortby=last_updated&dir=DESC&hide_status_id=-2&tag_string=junior_job

Post by Kakadu
John,
This search gives me only 3 issues that are not closed. Am I doing
the search righ?
Kakadu
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:07 PM, John Whitington

Post by John Whitington
Hi,

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

The ocamllabs wiki used to have a list of good things for beginners. In

that

Post by John Whitington
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php
(Use 'junior_job' as the search term)
John
--
John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/

--
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs

[Kakadu]

Well. I think the thing I wanted to ask is
does core team have wiki like this? I realize that they decide new features
on local meetings but maybe somebody is writing down something?

Kakadu

Post by Junsong Li
Wow, I think Gabriel's list is more tangible than that wiki.
@Kakadu the wiki is for a local OCaml hacking group, so it may be

outdated, and the listed projects are not agreed by the core team. You need
to discuss with them the viability of the project before the attack!

Post by Junsong Li
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Gabriel Scherer <

Post by Gabriel Scherer
To look for issues tagged junior_job from

http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php , first reset your
current Mantis filter ("Reset filter"), then click the "Tags" link in the
filter form, that will open an input field where you can write (or select)
"junior_job".

Post by Junsong Li

Post by Gabriel Scherer
The following link also works (built using the "Create Permalink" option

to get a URL from a filter):
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/search.php?project_id=1&resolution_id[]=10&resolution_id[]=30&sticky_issues=on&sortby=last_updated&dir=DESC&hide_status_id=-2&tag_string=junior_job

Post by Junsong Li

Post by Gabriel Scherer

Post by Kakadu
John,
This search gives me only 3 issues that are not closed. Am I doing
the search righ?
Kakadu
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:07 PM, John Whitington

Hi,

Post by Kakadu
Hey, folks
Compiler hacking is fun. Hacking compiler with a feature that can be
potentially appreciated is a double fun. But ocamllabs wiki is dead.
Do we have a list of crazy ideas for compiler on mantis or somewhere
else to work ourselves or give to undergraduates as a pet project?

The ocamllabs wiki used to have a list of good things for beginners. In that
http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php
(Use 'junior_job' as the search term)
John
--
John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/

--
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs