[llvm-dev] llvm::opt::ArgStringList const char* vs llvm::StringRef

[Duncan P. N. Exon Smith via llvm-dev]

From the class comment, it looks like ArgStringList is designed for
building "argv" lists for invoking subprocesses.  Thinks like ::exec
and ::posix_spawn take a `const char *argv[]` parameter.  Building
an array of `StringRef` wouldn't actually solve the problem at hand.

> On 2016-Apr-12, at 20:18, <Alexander G. Riccio> via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> I noticed that ArgStringList - a very widely used type - uses raw const char* to hold strings, instead of wonderfully useful StringRef helper. Is there a technical reason for this? Does ArgStringList predate StringRef? Is it just that ArgStringList is too widely used to make any kind of breaking change?
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Alexander Riccio
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