Build/distcc for msvc

Status and notes page for distcc-for-msvc project at Seneca/Mozilla.

Requirements

As a reminder, the current requirements for this project is as follows (starting with the most obvious)

1. Work with XP and perhaps Vista
2. Work with Free Express C++ version of CL
3. Focus on 32-bit x86 architecture
4. Should not have to break GCC in order to add CL

Plan

Here is a freemind mindmap towards our goal[1] (click save as)

Research

Cesar has looked into cl options and made a comparison of them to gcc options.

cl option	gcc option	Notes
/AI	no gcc equivalent	Directory to resolve file references (.dll, .exe. .obj)
/C	-C or -CC (preserves comments in macros)	preserves comments during preprocessing
/D	-D	Defines constants/macros
/E	-E	Sends preprocessor output to stdout
/EP	WTF-E	Writes preprocessor output to stdout without #line directive (used to change the compiliers internally stored line number and file name)
/FI	-include (not -I!)	Causes the preprocesssor to process the header file (alternative to using the #include directive)
/FU	no gcc equivelent	alternative to using the #using directive
/I	-I	searches the directory for header files
/P	--save-temps (but this saves all steps. Such as the preprocessor and assembly. So it should be -E --save-temps to limit it to preprocessed only)	writes preprocessed files (same as /E) to a file with the same name with extension .i
/U /u	-U	undefines name (opposite of -D)
/X	-nostdinc	Ignores standard include paths

CL

Currently we're looking into the #using directive, which is the consequence for the /AI and /FU compilier options. We're looking into how files in the using directive work with the preprocessor, and if these object/dll files need to be sent over the network.