[LLVMdev] Feature request for include llvm-mc in llvm.org/builds

[Jim Grosbach]

On Oct 17, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Clang can be used like an assembler in the sense that if it's fed a .s
>> file, it will assemble it. (I noted that clang-cl doesn't do this for
>> .asm files, I should fix that.)
>> 
>> I'm not sure that we want to include llvm-mc in the installer. Is it
>> really intended to be used as an assembler by the end user? The help
>> text says "llvm machine code playground", which seems to indicate it's
>> more of an internal tool.
> 
> I agree. Using the clang binary is the supported public interface for
> using the integrated assembler.

Yes. It’s not intended for end users at all.

> 
> Cheers,
> Rafael
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