[cfe-dev] add a language to clang

[Eli Bendersky]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 2:03 PM, regis portalez <regis.portalez at altimesh.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
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> I’m willing to add a new language in clang.
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> I’d like to know what are the best practices before starting the actual
> implementation.
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> I’m already (kind of) familiar with clang/llvm, but I don’t want to waste
> an excessive amount of time in trying lousy options.
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> I synchronized clang on my local repository, and I read that
> http://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.html
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__llvm.org_docs_tutorial_LangImpl1.html&d=AwMFAw&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=CnzuN65ENJ1H9py9XLiRvC_UQz6u3oG6GUNn7_wosSM&m=6aZcYSynvgyZEH3W-ii6Dcb4Z41I2g9jwnCnrXH8WkY&s=el6TF4MLEK_tjFoaZVRjPt6XujhWpS8BmQb5zcslcAQ&e=>.
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> I’d like to get feedbacks from people who actually did that kind of work,
> and know which are the pitfalls.
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> To make it short, these are my questions:
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> -          Branching strategy : what is the best way? Should I branch the
> whole llvm repository?
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> -          Code writing: Should I start writing code directly, targeting
> a small subset of the target language and iterate from that? Should I
> instead think a lot about my stuff and consider writing code once I’m sure
> I’ll be able to compile the entire language?
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> -          Commit : considering I’ve written a really good clang
> extension, and I want that to make it public. How can I merge to the trunk?
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What language/extension do you want to add?

Eli
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