[LLVMdev] What is the difference between OSType.Win32 and OSType.MinGW32 ?

[Michael Spencer]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Carl <name.is.carl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm generating/compiling/parsing llvm IR code targeting windows 32bits on my
> win7 64bits install.
> And I'm wondering what os should I use in my triple.
> I tried both without seeing much differences.
> Is there supposed to be any ?
> What are the differences between the two OSTypes?
>
> Secondly, I'm doing the linking of the .o files created by llvm with gcc
> from a mingw64 install.
> Should I link the .o. files with clang instead of gcc?
> What benefits could I expect from this change?
>
> Cheers,
> Carl.

Win32 matches the MSVC ABI. MinGW32 matches the... MinGW32 ABI which
is basically the gnu ABI, except when it's not.

- Michael Spencer