On 16 December 2014 at 11:15, David Chisnall <thera...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Upstream doesn't call it libclang (that's the name of the library with a > stable C ABI, which is why I'd like us not to confuse it with something with > a library with an unstable C++ API). They do produce a libLLVM.so from the > LLVM builds and work is underway to have shared library builds for clang.
Agreed. Even if there's no potential issue since it will be in /usr/lib/private it would be confusing. David's suggestion of libcfe sounds reasonable. >> That said, I agree with the general idea, but one of the first things >> we should decide is whether this will be optional or not. Having to >> maintain yet another WITH_CLANG_FOO option is burdensome... Fair enough, I'd definitely like to see fewer build-time knobs over time, not more. > I agree. I'd quite like to see performance numbers for the compiler. I > think I saw about a 10% overhead for buildworld last time I tried, but that > was a couple of years ago. Ok. I will put this together in a branch and we can compare results and decide which way to go when we have actual numbers. _______________________________________________ freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-toolchain-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
