Re: Compile LilyPond for NaCl

[Trevor]

Does any of the work done at
https://code.google.com/p/naclports/wiki/PortList mean anything for
LilyPond?

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:52 PM Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:

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> On 5/13/15 12:01 PM, "Simon Albrecht" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >Am 13.05.2015 um 18:50 schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> >> On 5/12/15 4:50 PM, "Trevor" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >>> Could any useful part of LilyPond be compiled for NaCl
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> https://developer.chrome.com/native-client/overview#why-use-native-clie
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> >>>> ?
> >>> Is that at all within the realm of possibility?
> >> I'm not an expert on this, but I'd be surprised if NaCl would support
> >>the
> >> use of GUILE.  GUILE is too potentially disruptive.
> >I¹m less of an expert, but what about lilypond¹s safe mode?
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> LilyPond's safe mode still uses GUILE, but limits the kinds of GUILE input
> that can be passed to the Scheme parser.  It only prevents the potential
> GUILE disruption by limiting its input; it doesn't make any changes to
> make GUILE safer.
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> As I read the NaCl documentation (and without much expertise, as I've
> indicated), I believe that NaCl creates a pNaCl module from your compiled
> C++ code; we'd need to include the GUILE interpreter as part of the C++
> code in the module, rather than as a separate binary (which is the way we
> currently handle it).  Of course, I could be wrong on this.
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> Thanks,
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> Carl
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