Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:54 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [patch] Clang section for Porters Handbook Message-ID: <20091116232954.GA6511@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <4B01D5C9.4080207@freebsd.org> References: <4B01D5C9.4080207@freebsd.org>
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Looks nice. Here are some ideas. > <para>A future version of &os; will likely have the Clang C/C++ > compiler as its base compiler. Some modifications to the Ports > Collection are necessary. In general, these are <quote>write proper > ports</quote> and <quote>write proper source code</quote>. To me, this last sentence is worded a little awkwardly (partly because of the tense). How about: In general, these involve <quote>generalizing the port</quote> and <quote>making the source code portable</quote>. > so existing occurences have to be removed. No concensus has yet consensus > <para>The maximum useable optimization level is 3. Level 4 is usable (don't feel bad, I had to look it up) > <para>Some temporary hacks that might be used if all else fails:</para> I'm almost wondering if the c89 hack might be moved to here, but I'm not sure. mcl
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