[cfe-dev] Configuration files

[David Chisnall via cfe-dev]

On 9 Nov 2016, at 07:59, Serge Pavlov via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> 5. There is already a lot of magic in the driver to figure out how to invoke the tools, this feature makes driver more complex.
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> Answer: Orchestrating tools made by clang driver is already a complex task and hardly it can be made simple. But it can be made more structured, config file may be a step in this direction making existing target selection in clang more powerful and useful.

It would be nice if a proposed solution resulted in a net decrease in total complexity for the driver, with more of the code moved into default config files.

David