[cfe-dev] clang and code coverage?

Douglas Gregor dgregor at apple.com
Mon Aug 16 10:19:04 PDT 2010


On Aug 16, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Sean McBride wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Is there any way to measure code coverage when using clang?
> 
> The gcov docs say: "gcov works only on code compiled with GCC."  Is this
> true of code built by clang?  Or does clang's "GCC compatibility" design
> goal extend to this situation?  If not, does/will the llvm project
> include a replacement for gcov?


Neither Clang nor LLVM have the ability to generate coverage code for gcov. I do not know of any replacements in the works.

	- Doug



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