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

Rafael Espíndola
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:22:36 -0000

> 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.

Cheers,
Rafael