[llvm-dev] HelloWorldPass ?

[Fangrui Song via llvm-dev]

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On 2021-02-02, Tom Stellard via llvm-dev wrote:
>On 2/2/21 1:32 PM, via llvm-dev wrote:
>>My team is packaging up our next release, and this new pass popped
>>up.  It has its own library and everything (LLVMHelloWorld.lib),
>>but it appears to be mandatory when linking against LLVM in general.
>>I can see it's an example pass regarding the new pass manager, but
>>I can also see the equivalent example for the legacy pass manager
>>wasn't mandatory and we don't have it in our package.
>>
>>It seems like kind of a trivial thing to worry about--it's clearly
>>harmless and doesn't take up a lot of space--but it's how the thing
>>is packaged differently than the old Hello pass that bothers me.
>>
>>- I see it's listed in lib/Passes/Registry.def; the old one wasn't.
>>
>>- I see its CMakeLists.txt uses add_llvm_component_library where the
>>old one uses add_llvm_library.
>>
>
>Arthur, was the use of add_llvm_component_library() here intentional?
>
>-Tom
>
>>I can't say I understand these things but just being different
>>raises my eyebrow.  Is there a good reason they're different?
>>And just for my own curiosity, what's the simplest way to avoid
>>needing it in our package?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>--paulr
>>
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