[cfe-dev] [PATCH] Wrap clang modules inside Mach-O/ELF/COFF containers

Argyrios Kyrtzidis kyrtzidis at apple.com
Fri Dec 12 17:37:36 PST 2014


> On Dec 12, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Debug info for types isn't inherently a code generation concept. If you think about it, debug info for types is a stable (if lossy) serialization method for a module file. The line number etc for when there's code generated is a separate issue.

I see what you mean, but it is a traditionally codegen product with a particular use-case, and it’s not reasonable to force it on every clang client that only wants to parse code, like libclang, static analyzers, migrators, refactoring tools, etc., or builds that didn’t ask for it.
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