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

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-01 16:46:29

Andrew Sutton wrote:

>> Clang has the potential to be a top-notch, open-source C++ compiler
>> and tool platform, from which we would all benefit. Let's help Clang
>> get there sooner!
>>
>> Links:
>> Clang: http://clang.llvm.org/
>> LLVM: http://llvm.org/
>> Steve Naroff's talk motivating Clang:
>> - Video: http://llvm.org/devmtg/2007-05/09-Naroff-CFE.mov
>> - Slides: http://llvm.org/devmtg/2007-05/09-Naroff-CFE.pdf
>> Clang announcement: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2007-
>> July/009817.html
> 
> Cool... I've been wanting something like this for a while. Out of
> curiosity - and this probably isn't the best place to ask - but I
> noticed one of their stated goals is to support source code
> engineering tasks like refactoring, etc. The problem is that
> compilers aren't necessarily that good at that type of work in that
> they require _correct_ and probably preprocessed source code. Is
> there any indication on whether or not this project will support
> partial and incomplete parsing?

Hmm, I would expect complete and build source before I try any
refactoring -- so that I can run tests before and after and veryfy
nothing broke. I believe Eclipse requires all files to be saved before
refactoring (this is in Java)

- Volodya