[PATCH] D96289: Add support for YAML output style to llvm-symbolizer

[James Henderson via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

jhenderson added a comment.

In D96289#2566187 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96289#2566187>, @dblaikie wrote:

> In D96289#2564889 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96289#2564889>, @jhenderson wrote:
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>> In D96289#2563945 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96289#2563945>, @MaskRay wrote:
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>>> The two cover the spectrum I can think of. If really we need an interchange format (I have some doubts, after asking others, so it is not my own opinion), JSON seems a better choice.
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>> Having given it more thought, +1 to using JSON over YAML. JSON has the advantage that it can be consumed directly by native python, without needing additional modules, and python is a regular choice for people writing scripts to parse output like this.
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> Given we already have YAML APIs in LLVM, there's some convenience/reduced cost (for perhaps an already marginal use case, I'd rather keep the code complexity lower - and this seems pretty low at the moment) to sticking with that, I think? Or is there some equivalently tidy way to emit JSON?

I've not looked too much in detail, but there's JSON.h in the Support library. A casual glance suggests this will have most of what is needed, so using JSON shouldn't be significantly different in terms of additional complexity, compared to using YAML.


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