[LLVMdev] Feature request for include llvm-mc in llvm.org/builds

Jim Grosbach
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:54:56 -0000

On Oct 17, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola at
gmail.com> wrote:

>> Clang can be used like an assembler in the sense that if it's fed a
.s
>> file, it will assemble it. (I noted that clang-cl doesn't do this
for
>> .asm files, I should fix that.)
>>
>> I'm not sure that we want to include llvm-mc in the installer. Is
it
>> really intended to be used as an assembler by the end user? The help
>> text says "llvm machine code playground", which seems to
indicate it's
>> more of an internal tool.
>
> I agree. Using the clang binary is the supported public interface for
> using the integrated assembler.

Yes. It’s not intended for end users at all.

>
> Cheers,
> Rafael
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