[cfe-dev] Linker selection

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-12-14 12:57, Chandler Carruth wrote:

> Note that my point was only that we shouldn't need a custom set of
> command line flags for mclinker, and we shouldn't need to switch command
> line flags when switching linkers while staying on the same target
> platform. Thus, we might consider simple solutions that only address the
> problem of switching the link binary used rather than a more complex
> solution which passes flags in a new dialect.

Each linker could have a compatibility layer which translates the 
command line flags. This compatibility layer could just be a shell 
script (or similar) supplied by the linker, Clang or third party.

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/Jacob Carlborg