[cfe-dev] Support for MS keyword __ptr32.

[Chris Cudmore]

> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:47:09 -0400
> Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] Support for MS keyword __ptr32.
> From: pichet2000 at gmail.com
> To: christopher_cudmore at hotmail.com
> CC: cfe-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Chris Cudmore
> <christopher_cudmore at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Clang, Doug,
> >
> > Find attached a patch that adds support for MS keyword __ptr32, please can
> > you review. This is my first patch and I did create it using svn diff on a
> > Windows system, is it correctly formatted please (CRLF etc)?
> > This patch resolves problems parsing windows.h where BaseTsd.h includes a
> > macro that defines POINTER_32. This is on a Win 7 x64 VS 2010 platform using
> > the following command line (supplied by Francois Pichet who has done
> > outstanding work on Windows support to date);
> 
> Hi, I committed in r138533
> Watch out the tab and the 80 columns formatting. see:
> http://llvm.org/docs/CodingStandards.html
Thanks for the review, addition of testcase and committing so quick, much appreciated!
> > Would like to work on continued support for Windows but am unsure what is
> > realistically achievable and where to start? Also, from Apple's perspective,
> > what are you looking for with regard to Windows Interop?
> > I guess my ideal endpoint would be full code generation using just Windows
> > headers and libraries providing the option to replace the Windows
> > compiler and linker thereby getting all the cool features that are
> > constantly being added to clang, especially static analysis. Understand that
> > there are issues linking primarily with name manglling, any work going on
> > here? Then larger issues with loadable modules not being supported (this one
> > I do not understand too well therefore have no idea if this can be
> > resolved?)
> 
> It is really up to you to contribute if you want to.
> Personally, I am focusing on adding Microsoft C/C++ extensions to the
> clang frontend with the goal of using the static analyzer on MSVC
> projects. Thanks again for the advice.. It's a hobby for me, my day job is Windows managed code and as I am far from a SME, cautious about what's sensible development in this space. --Chris BTW, replace the word 'Apple's' with 'the communities' in my initial mail, not looking for a corporate statement. Sorry about that!
  		 	   		  
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