[llvm-dev] Organization of LLVM utilities

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos via llvm-dev]

Could you expand on this a bit? I see from my build directory that llvm-tblgen.exe was built before the Target/* .inc files. It sounds like you're saying that something has to be built between the .exe and the .inc files.

At 8/4/2020 02:44 PM, Chris Lattner wrote:


>> On Aug 4, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Paul C. Anagnostopoulos via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I was confused by the lack of TableGen backends in the llvm/lib/tablegen directory until I stumbled upon the llvm/utils/tablegen directory. Could someone explain why TableGen is divided into these two directories?
>
>The mechanical reason is that llvm/utils builds before llvm/libs.  The basic TableGen support is required to generate .inc files in the libs directory.
>
>-Chris


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