[cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] MSVC++ ABI compatibility is not a Windows requirement

[Óscar Fuentes]

Ping.

Óscar Fuentes <ofv at wanadoo.es> writes:

> OTOH, this comment from you
>
>> You need the technology first, once technology issues are solved,
>> legal issues can be tackled. It is certainly true that people within
>> Microsoft would love great clang support, perhaps in time the right
>> legal agreements can be hammered out.
>
> prompts me to ask if it is right to submit to the mailing lists patches
> implementing a feature that is known to be legally "controversial".
>
> I'm very interested on 32bit SEH support. The patent expires in less
> than a year and my plan was to work on it for submission around that
> time. But your comment makes me think that maybe it is acceptable to
> review the patch before the patent expires. In that case I could try to
> start working on it sooner.