Re: [boost] Clang: Open-source C/C++ front end under development

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-01 14:28:04

Larry Evans wrote: 

> [snip]
> > No, that is not what we're talking about. LLVM can be used as a 
> > back-end for GCC's C and C++ parsers, but that involves a 
> lot of cruft from GCC.
> > Clang is a new, from-scratch, all-C++ parser that will be an 
> > alternative LLVM front end for C and C++.
> Without this cruft, I assume you're very tempted to port your 
> variadic template compiler to clang.  Is that right?
> 
> On another topic, I took a brief look at:
> 
> http://llvm.org/cfe/docs/InternalsManual.html
> 
> It maybe too late now, but I'd think boost's wave might have 
> saved them some time in writing the preprocessor.

Definitely. But I checked and they did a decent job! Their preprocessor is
excellent, some stuff isn't implemented yet (i.e. UCNs), but what's there is
ok.

Regards Hartmut