[all-commits] [llvm/llvm-project] 846439: [Flang] Generate documentation for compiler flags

DylanFleming-arm via All-commits all-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jul 22 10:05:42 PDT 2022


  Branch: refs/heads/main
  Home:   https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
  Commit: 846439dd97d45e0e08af14269708511646a9add1
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/846439dd97d45e0e08af14269708511646a9add1
  Author: Dylan Fleming <Dylan.Fleming at arm.com>
  Date:   2022-07-22 (Fri, 22 Jul 2022)

  Changed paths:
    M clang/utils/TableGen/ClangOptionDocEmitter.cpp
    M flang/docs/CMakeLists.txt
    M flang/docs/index.md
    A flang/include/flang/FlangOptionsDocs.td

  Log Message:
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  [Flang] Generate documentation for compiler flags

This patch aims to create a webpage to document
Flang's command line options on https://flang.llvm.org/docs/
in a similar way to Clang's
https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangCommandLineReference.html

This is done by using clang_tablegen to generate an .rst
file from Options.td (which is current shared with Clang)
For this to work, ClangOptionDocEmitter.cpp was updated
to allow specific Flang flags to be included,
rather than bulk excluding clang flags.

Note:
Some headings in the generated documentation will incorrectly
contain references to Clang, e.g.
"Flags controlling the behaviour of Clang during compilation"
This is because Options.td (Which is shared between both Clang and Flang)
contains hard-coded DocBrief sections. I couldn't find a non-intrusive way
to make this target-dependant, as such I've left this as is, and it will need revisiting later.

Reviewed By: awarzynski

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D129864




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