[LLVMdev] LLD: Removing Native file format?

[Rui Ueyama]

Submitted as r234641.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:

> I'm about to submit that patch. Final call.
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:
>
>> I sent a patch for review. I'll wait for a while, probably submit that
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Michael Spencer <bigcheesegs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:
>>> > I think I bought up this topic before, but I'd like to propose
>>> seriously
>>> > removing the Native file format from LLD this time.
>>> >
>>> > IIUC, the Native file format was designed to be the fastest on-memory
>>> or
>>> > on-disk file format for object files. The problem is that no one is
>>> working
>>> > on that. No LLVM tools can produce object files in the Native, thus the
>>> > feature of supporting the format is useless in the linker.
>>> >
>>> > I'm also skeptical about the very idea of defining a new file format
>>> since
>>> > existing file formats look to be good enough.
>>> >
>>> > It's maintenance cost is real. I needed to submit a few patches for the
>>> > Native format for global refactoring.
>>> >
>>> > Here I'm proposing removing the Native file format support from LLD
>>> unless
>>> > there's a person who's going to take the ownership of the feature and
>>> push
>>> > really hard to adopt the file format everywhere (not only in the
>>> linker).
>>> >
>>> > Opinions?
>>>
>>> I'm fine with it, we can add it back when lld is further along if needed.
>>>
>>> - Michael Spencer
>>>
>>
>>
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