[LLVMdev] A question about running Clang after LLVM passes

John Criswell
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:23:58 -0000

On 6/13/14, 9:22 AM, Tim Northover wrote:
>> The C Backend generates C code instead of native assembly code.  The C
code
>> it generates is ugly and looks almost nothing like the original C
source
>> code that was compiled.  Again, if you're building a refactoring
tool, this
>> is probably not what you want.
> It's also been extinct for a couple of years, hasn't it?

I think someone might be in the process of bringing it back to life (or
might have already done so).

In any event, even if it does exist in modern LLVM, I don't think it's
the solution for Padefic's issue.

Regards,

John Criswell
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tim.