[llvm-dev] [cfe-dev] Orc Windows C++

[David Blaikie via llvm-dev]

Moving to the LLVM Dev list & cc'ing Lang.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Joshua Gerrard via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I’m developing an application that uses Orc JIT for C++, which works
> swimmingly on Mac OS X. However, the Windows version has been a battle and
> a half, and it’s now at the point where I need some assistance to progress.
>
> The problem I’m having is “Relocation overflow” (related:
> https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=23228#c8, see #8) … so I spoke to
> some clang developers who focussed on Windows at CppCon last week, and they
> gave me the following advice:
> - Use ELF
>     - Using this results in another issue about comdat sections, see here:
> https://root.cern.ch/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=19808
> - Stick with COFF, but use the large code model
>     - No observed difference, seems to be the case because JITDefault is
> being used in the same way as Large, which would make sense
>     - According to the clang developers I spoke to, Lang and Andy might
> have an interest in fixing this (would seem likely, as they’re the two
> commenters on the first issue I linked), since it’s better to use COFF on
> Windows than keep trying to work around it
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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