[cfe-dev] AST processing toolbox

[Brian Allison]

So much for my speed reading being a good way to parse the mail list.

Thanks for having the patience to explain my mistake, Chris. :)

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 13, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Sebastian Redl wrote:
>
>
>>> So then, clang isn't going to be a drop-in replacement for g++ until
>>> there are "enough" other compilers that implement the more
>>> esoteric parts of C++?
>>>
>>>
>> What do the requirements on the Clang codebase have to do with its
>> suitability as a GCC drop-in replacement? I think you're misunderstanding
>> something here.
>>
>
> Right, we want Clang to be able to build all the insane C++ constructs in
> the world, but we don't want it to be *written* using them. :)  The goal is
> to keep the LLVM/Clang code base simple, readable, and portable.
>
> -Chris
>
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