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LLVM on Windows Now Supports PDB Debug Info

• dxf 9y ago
  This is very exciting. The blog post mentions cross-compilation, and being able to use lld should also result in faster link times and the ability to enable Clang features like CFI. Congratulations on this milestone!
• fithisux 9y ago
  Hopefully we will see all llvm projects ported to windows. And hopefully we can have a full toolchain, compatible/replacing Ms tools.
• arunc 9y ago
  The whole idea to just change the compiler on Windows is exciting. The packages on Windows provide drop-in integration with VisualStudio.
• ezoe 9y ago
  So MSVC use PDB format which is undocumented. LLVM want to implement PDB. LLVM asks MS for help MS disclose the portion of the MSVC code which deal with PDB MS GitHub even says "Source code is the ultimate documentation :-)" I think even the MS doesn't have formal documentation for PDB format.
• Ono-Sendai 9y ago
  What about exceptions on Windows? Does LLVM support that yet?
  • DannyBee 9y ago
    Short answer: Yes. Otherwise, Chrome would not work. It's been quite a while (they started in 2015 or so)