[cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] Handling SRet on Windows x86

[Timur Iskhodzhanov]

2013/3/28 Anton Korobeynikov <asl at math.spbu.ru>:
>> How can having an MSVC compatible compiler be to the detriment of clang and
>> llvm? No one is trying to break mingw here, merely add support for something
> Just to make stuff clear: I just wanted proper naming which will be
> non-confusing. Right now we have:
>  - isTargetWindows() which really means "msvc-compabile"
>  - isTargetWin32() which means "everything on windows", so Windows +
> Mingw + Cygwin
Minor correction: currently isTargetWin32 means 32-bits (not
"everything"), Windows + Mingw, not Cygwin.
So this is actually even more confusing...

>  - isTargetWin64() is is basically 64-bit version of isTargetWin32(),
> but strictly speaking is slightly different
>
> This naming while being the historical artifact is extremely
> confusing. For me it seems the best solution will be something like
> this:
>  - isTargetMingw() - with obvious meaning
>  - isTargetMSVC() - with obvious meaning
>  - isTargetWindows() which will include all the flavours (so only OS
> will matter here)
>  - isTargetWindows() can be combined with existing 32/64 bit checks
> This way we'll end with something being non-ambiguos.
I think this is a much better naming than we have now, I'll prepare a
patch for that.

Should we change the ***-pc-win32 triple to ***-pc-msvc ?

> --
> With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
> Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University
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