llvm dev - Mar 2016 - Need help with code generation

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Tim Northover <t.p.northover at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> You say this was decided in a thread recently- could you please
point me
> >> at that? I find this really hard to believe.
> >
> > Please find it yourself, that was a long thread.
>
> Not helpful. The thread appears to be available here:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.llvm.devel/92955.
>
> >The current decision was
> > not made lightly, so please respect that and take your time to
understand
> > the situation.
>
> It was, however, made extremely controversially.
>
That is I guess we needed a decision. And the decision was made for not
sparking the same discussion again so soon.
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Hi Rui,

Having read that thread, I'm confused. The thread is entirely about using
LLD as a library; nowhere does it mention that segfaulting on invalid input
is allowed, required or expected. It's all about 'is exit (1)
sufficient?'

Can you confirm that you're happy for LLD to crash when invoked on the
command line?

James
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 at 20:11, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Tim Northover <t.p.northover at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> >> You say this was decided in a thread recently- could you
please point
>> me
>> >> at that? I find this really hard to believe.
>> >
>> > Please find it yourself, that was a long thread.
>>
>> Not helpful. The thread appears to be available here:
>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.llvm.devel/92955.
>>
>> >The current decision was
>> > not made lightly, so please respect that and take your time to
>> understand
>> > the situation.
>>
>> It was, however, made extremely controversially.
>>
>
> That is I guess we needed a decision. And the decision was made for not
> sparking the same discussion again so soon.
>
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On 21 March 2016 at 17:02, James Molloy via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Hi Rui,
>
> Having read that thread, I'm confused. The thread is entirely about
using
> LLD as a library; nowhere does it mention that segfaulting on invalid input
> is allowed, required or expected. It's all about 'is exit (1)
sufficient?'
>
> Can you confirm that you're happy for LLD to crash when invoked on the
> command line?
On corrupted input? Yes, I am.

Cheers,
Rafael

Of course I'm not happy. And I hope that you understood that that is
unusual. Having said that, I'd say it's however reasonable.
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