[llvm-dev] RFC: A new llvm-dlltool driver and llvm-lib driver improvements

[Martell Malone via llvm-dev]

Just to follow up here I found some time to progress.
Anyone who wants to follow along can see here.
https://reviews.llvm.org/D29892

Kind Regards
Martell

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 2:21 AM, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:

> The code in LLD is somewhat tightly coupled with the rest of the linker.
> Probably it is better to create a new library rather than trying to split
> LLD into two. I believe this would result in a better API. Of course you
> can reuse code, but what we need is a clean interface.
>
> The library shouldn't be complicated. In fact, it would export only one
> function.
>
>   std::vector<uint8_t> createImportLibrary(std::vector<ExportSymbol>)
>
> I.e. it takes a list of DLLExported symbols and returns a .lib file.
> ExportSymbol type contains information about DLLExported symbols.
>
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