rjmccall added a comment. In D54489#1330331 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D54489#1330331>, @scott.linder wrote:
> In D54489#1330255 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D54489#1330255>, @rjmccall wrote: > > > So we're using the same command line option as GCC to produce something in > > the same section as GCC but formatting that section incompatibly with GCC? > > That combination of choices does not seem like a good idea. > > > From the GCC man page -frecord-gcc-switches "is only implemented on some > targets and the exact format of the recording is target and binary file > format dependent, but it usually takes the form of a section containing ASCII > text" > > In the LLVM portion of this review it was decided that the implications of > this is that well-behaved consumers should not make assumptions about the > format. They should also not make assumptions about the name of the section, > but we are effectively backwards-compatible in that we are a section with > ASCII text, so tools which just e.g. dump the section for uses will continue > to work with our implementation. Ah, okay. I didn't realize the format was target-specific on GCC. That's fine. CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D54489/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D54489 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
