[cfe-dev] MSVC compatible driver proposal

Chandler Carruth chandlerc at google.com
Wed Jun 26 22:23:05 PDT 2013


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:04 PM, David Blaikie <dblaikie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suppose so they could enable/disable Clang
> features that aren't exposed in the CL-compatible interface
> explicitly?
>

Exactly. When we add new flags, we avoid the need to find a MS-compatible
spelling. Also, it makes it slightly easier for cross-platform open source
projects to opt into a Clang flag.

I dunno if these are "important" reasons, but they at least seem plausible
to me.
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