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binutils-gdb/sim/example-synacor
Simon Marchi 1f195bc327 sim: use -Werror when probing for supported warning flags
When building with clang, we get:

    error: unknown warning option '-Wmissing-parameter-type' [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option]

This is because clang only warns by default when encountering an unknown
warning option, and the probe for supported warning flags is done
without -Werror.  All flags are therefore accepted by configure, but
then it breaks when actually compiling a source file with -Werror.

This is equivalent to this commit in gdb:

    3e019bdc20eb81b91ab5bc774386201b874c0bac
    gdb: Use -Werror when checking for (un)supported warning flags

We then see some other compilation errors when building with clang and
-Werror, they can be dealt with later.
2021-04-21 19:48:35 -04:00
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= OVERVIEW =

The Synacor Challenge is a fun programming exercise with a number of puzzles
built into it.  You can find more details about it here:
https://challenge.synacor.com/

The first puzzle is writing an interpreter for their custom ISA.  This is a
simulator for that custom CPU.  The CPU is quite basic: it's 16-bit with only
8 registers and a limited set of instructions.  This means the port will never
grow new features.  See README.arch-spec for more details.

Implementing it here ends up being quite useful: it acts as a simple constrained
"real world" example for people who want to implement a new simulator for their
own architecture.  We demonstrate all the basic fundamentals (registers, memory,
branches, and tracing) that all ports should have.