[Lldb-commits] [PATCH] D39215: Default to using in-tree clang for building test executables

[Pavel Labath via Phabricator via lldb-commits]

labath added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D39215#904510, @zturner wrote:

> There is already a CMake variable called `LLDB_TEST_COMPILER`.  This `LLDB_TEST_CLANG` was introduced later, I guess unaware of the presence of `LLDB_TEST_COMPILER`.  Would it be possible to standardize on one variable?  This would also mean deleting the `TEST_C_COMPILER` and TEST_CXX_COMPILER` variables.  I don't see why we should ever have both.  Run the test suite a second time if you need to test with different C and C++ compilers.


Unlike msvc, where you just use CL to compile everything, on ***nix you have different compiler drivers for C (gcc, clang) and C++ (g++, clang++). The differences are minute, but we still need both (clang has --driver-mode=g++ argument to emulate g++, but I don't know of any gcc option like that).

However, I do see a bit of space for simplification. I can remove LLDB_TEST_CLANG altogether, and just have LLDB_TEST_???_COMPILER default to clang.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D39215