[PATCH] D63014: [docs] Add "GNU Replacements" section to command guide

Mon Jun 10 10:14:47 PDT 2019

smeenai added inline comments.

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Comment at: llvm/docs/CommandGuide/index.rst:17

    llvm-as
    llvm-dis
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jhenderson wrote:
> grimar wrote:
> > GNU 'as' is also a part of binutils:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Binutils
> > 
> > Should it also be moved?
> Is llvm-as intended to be a drop-in replacement yet? I have a feeling that it's not ready based on something @rupprecht said a while back.
llvm-as converts textual IR to bitcode, so it's very different from GNU as. llvm-mc would be closer to the functionality of GNU as, but I believe e.g. it doesn't support macros, so it's definitely not a drop-in replacement.

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