[PATCH] D117809: [clang] Add an extract-api driver option

[Zixu Wang via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

zixuw added a comment.

In D117809#3306785 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D117809#3306785>, @MaskRay wrote:

> Thanks for working on such tools but the patch order is not right.
> You should implement the functionality first, and in the last, add the driver option.
> The driver option is user-facing and the availability makes users think the functionality is ready when it actually isn't.

I see. I was working on the functionality at the same time with this driver option, but it took longer and more complicated than I expected so I decided to post this as an initial patch to keep things small and incremental. I do have another patch ready to post very shortly.

> I am also a bit unsure whether the option name should use the single-dash `-e*` since `-e` is a short option taking a value, so a typo in `-extract-api` cannot be detected.
> By convention a two-dash option should be used.
> (Yes, I know `-emit-llvm` is a violation.)

That's an interesting find, I'll look into it.


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