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Date:      Sun, 22 May 2011 13:41:13 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r222183 - head/lib/clang
Message-ID:  <4DD974E9.8040000@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110522202256.GA43412@freebsd.org>
References:  <201105221632.p4MGWjUb081825@svn.freebsd.org> <20110522202256.GA43412@freebsd.org>

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On 05/22/2011 13:22, Roman Divacky wrote:
> The problem here is deeper in my opinion. What FreeBSD calls
> amd64 the rest of the world (ie. linux) calls x86_64, I think
> that instead of this we should teach llvm/clang about "amd64".
> Maybe as a FreeBSD-only diff.

Can we please not go down that route with clang? It was a mistake to add 
a bunch of FreeBSD'isms to gcc because it made it that much harder for 
both the code and the compiler to be modular. We have a chance to atone 
for these mistakes while introducing a new compiler, can we please not 
make them again?


Doug

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