[LLVMdev] Shared library support of llvm

[Reid Kleckner]

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:04 PM, João Matos <ripzonetriton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Reid Kleckner <rnk at google.com> wrote:
>> Adding targeted dllexport annotations won't work because non-Windows
>> developers (the majority) shouldn't be burdened with keeping them up
>> to date.
>
> IMHO it's not that big of a burden, we have build bots that can signal
> whatever problems come up. And it would also be useful for other platforms.

Maybe it just needs selling.  If we can make the case that the
annotations cut down the time to run the test suite with the shared
library build, then maybe people will think it's worth the hassle.  :)