Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:15:45 -0600
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 8:56 PM Chuanqi Xu via SG15
<sg15_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hi Boris,
>
> > I think
> if this is merged into Clang and doesn't require a separate tool for
> querying (clang-named-modules-querier), I can try to support it in build2.
>
> Out of curiosity, when a separate tool is harder for build system to support? I chose separate tools to support this since I feel it reduces the complexity of the compiler and not harder for build systems. e.g., I feel like the build systems don't pay a lot to use the clang-scan-deps tool.
One issue with additional external tools is the need to do discovery
on them. As opposed to using the compiler driver which we already have
some form of configuration.
<sg15_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hi Boris,
>
> > I think
> if this is merged into Clang and doesn't require a separate tool for
> querying (clang-named-modules-querier), I can try to support it in build2.
>
> Out of curiosity, when a separate tool is harder for build system to support? I chose separate tools to support this since I feel it reduces the complexity of the compiler and not harder for build systems. e.g., I feel like the build systems don't pay a lot to use the clang-scan-deps tool.
One issue with additional external tools is the need to do discovery
on them. As opposed to using the compiler driver which we already have
some form of configuration.
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Received on 2023-11-28 03:16:00