[LLVMdev] on LLVM parser

[Reed Kotler]

On 09/26/2013 10:51 AM, Rekha R wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would like to know the parsing strategy used in LLVM - top-down,
> bottom-up, or any other?
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Do mean the Clang parsing strategy?

You should post on the clang list in that case.

I think it's just recursive descent.

C++ with traditional lr is a disaster. I don't think anybody is trying 
to make that work anymore. You need lots of left context for parsing C++ 
so LL is more natural. LR was a cheap way to get some left context and 
made it handle a stronger language class but if you guide your parsing 
using the symbol table, then LL is stronger and easier to understand.