[cfe-dev] [analyzer] Developing forwards compatible tools using the new bug identification hash

[Anna Zaks via cfe-dev]

> On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:02 AM, Sean Eveson via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We are working on tools that use the new bug identification hash, added in r251011, for bug suppression. The current hash is labelled in the plist file as “issue_hash_content_of_line_in_context”. There seems to be no way to predict the names of hashes in future versions.
> 
> Our products that use the bug identification are on a different release schedule to our clang compiler. These tools will not be able to take advantage of new hashes, unless they have a way to understand the future hash names. Is there a way we can make the tools forwards compatible?

A discussion about this was started in http://reviews.llvm.org/D10305. Feel free to contribute! Also see http://clang-developers.42468.n3.nabble.com/analyzer-Changing-issue-hash-in-plists-td4047823.html.

Cheers,
Anna.

> 
> Regards,
> Sean Eveson
> SN Systems - Sony Computer Entertainment Group
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