[cfe-dev] [RFC] Add the ability for clang-tidy to accept checks via plugins

[Nathan James via cfe-dev]

Hi,

I put in an RFC 2 days ago about this. 
http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/2020-June/065981.html

I'm working on it, but come a little unstuck with figuring out how to
link the plugin correctly. I don't know enough about cmake to get it
working and would appreciate a little help.

Kind regards,
Nathan James

On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 18:34 +0000, Lewis, Cannada via cfe-dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Sandia we are developing clang-tidy checks for our internal
> libraries in a llvm-project fork.  The number one request from our
> users is that we allow checks to be added to clang-tidy via plugins
> so that they do not have to build a new clang-tidy exe just to get
> new checks.  
> 
> We are willing to give implementing this a try, but I wanted to see
> if the community could explain why plugins don't currently exist and
> help us get started in the process. Is it because there are difficult
> technical limitations? Or is it just that no one has spent much time
> on adding this feature?
> 
> Thanks for any advice and/or input.
> 
> -Cannada (Drew)
> 
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