[cfe-dev] libclang, someday?

Argiris Kirtzidis akyrtzi at gmail.com
Sun Aug 10 05:28:24 PDT 2008


Sam Bishop wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I've watched Steve's and Ted's developer meeting talks, and they both
> seem like invitations for developers to build tools and checks of all
> kinds on top of the clang libraries.  Obviously, if these tools and
> checks are generic enough, I'm sure that they would be welcome for
> inclusion within the clang project itself.  But what about the others?
>  Is a relatively stable API a long-term goal?
>   

Even with an unstable API, it is advantageous to start building tools 
with Clang, since at this early stage it will be much easier to 
influence the design of Clang, than when a stable API is introduced.


-Argiris



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