[cfe-dev] Contributing to clang

[Chad Rosier]

Anthony,
If a bug has been assigned and you're interested, I suggest contacting the
assignee.  They might be happy to offload the work and assist you with the
fix.

 Chad

> That's a great idea guys. Start by trying to reproduce and fix some bugs.
>
> I was browsing through the list, I assume I should look at the ones that
> are unassigned right?
>
> On Saturday, August 16, 2014, Nikola Smiljanic <popizdeh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd just like to add that Clang has many different parts, parser +
>> semantic analysis, C api, static analyzer, IR generation, ast matchers,
>> tools like clang-format and clang-modernize. My suggestion would be to
>> find
>> a bug from the list that you know how to reproduce and think you
>> understand
>> and try to fix it. You can hunt for FIXMEs in the code but these often
>> assume familiarity with surrounding code.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Chad Rosier <mcrosier at codeaurora.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mcrosier at codeaurora.org');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anthony,
>>> Grep the bug list, llvm.org/bugs, and see if anything peeks your
>>> interest.
>>>  You might also consider subscribing to the mailing list
>>> (http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmbugs).
>>>
>>>  HTH,
>>>   Chad
>>>
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > I've been looking to get involved with clang for a while now. I've
>>> started
>>> > looking at the open projects page and was looking for some advice.
>>> >
>>> > Clang is something I am really interested in but realize there is a
>>> lot
>>> of
>>> > getting up to speed, can anyone recommend an area where help is
>>> needed
>>> > that
>>> > might help me get my feet wet. I would really like to get involved,
>>> even
>>> > if
>>> > it takes me a long time to produce anything valuable.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > --
>>> > Anthony
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