[cfe-dev] Clang as a compiler-only tool

[Ted Kremenek]

On Nov 27, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another possibility that might work is to build a shared library that
> exports only the symbols that plugins can use (just lib/AST maybe?)
> and have both clang and plugins link with it.

I am doubtful that this would be any better. Plug-ins will likely want to use almost every API that Clang has. That means that the shared library would need to export a ton of symbols, putting a lot of work on the dynamic linker.