[cfe-dev] Status? Help Needed?

[Chris Lattner]

<cc'ing cfe-dev, please don't email me directly>

On Aug 20, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Ar18 at comcast.net wrote:

>>> Regarding bug testing, Lord willing, I'll make a new post
>>> referencing this and some more concepts.
>>
>> Cool
>
> I've decided against posting it....  Maybe at a later date some  
> concepts can be brought up...
>
> However, there are other things....
> Might I inquire as to what kind of bug reports you are looking  
> for?  Are you just looking to see if clang crashes upon compile or  
> is unable to compile code that is perfectly legitimate....  or do  
> you also need someone with a keen understanding of the nuances of  
> c, compilers, and assembly to attempt to see if the compiler is  
> doing the right thing?
> Are you looking for other stuff like how it does error messages and  
> warnings?

If you find code that GCC accepts with -fsyntax-only that we crash on  
or reject with -fsyntax-only then you have probably found a bug.   
Please let us know :)

> Would the following be useful and/or applicable to what you need?
>
> 1. Make a list of dozens of free source software projects  
> (compilers, apps, whatever) with links directly to the source  
> (maybe even links each version that works).
> 2. Present in database-like format for the testers.
> 3. Testers can then take on each app one by one and confirm whether  
> clang was able to compile it without any problems.  They could be  
> marked off one by one as clang succeeds on them.
>
> maybe it would attract a few testers too :)

It would probably be best to just trying running them directly and  
letting us know if anything fails.  If something fails, use the -E  
command to GCC or clang to make a .i file, and then file a bug at  
http://llvm.org/bugs/ with the attached .i file.

Thanks!

-Chris