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title="NEW --- - Lacking documentation on -fapple-kext"
href="https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=23378">23378</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Lacking documentation on -fapple-kext
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<th>Product</th>
<td>clang
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Macintosh
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<th>OS</th>
<td>MacOS X
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Frontend
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>dannyniu@hotmail.com
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<th>CC</th>
<td>llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<pre>The -fapple-kext option specifies that clang generate kext codes for C++ files
instead of regular user-space codes. But this option is undocumented here and
elsewhere.
I'm among those who believe that an overly-complicated language such as C++
should never be used to program a system kernel or a compiler, Much of the
esoteric features of C++ has complicated the implementations of the language.
Although I'm fine with Clang being written in C++ since it's already capable of
self-hosting, I'd have a serious argument with someone if he uses it in system
kernel, especially when ABI is poorly documented.</pre>
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