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Clang doesn't generate LLVM IR as part of it's normal process?
by misnome 5y ago
Clang doesn't generate LLVM IR as part of it's normal process?
- user-the-name 5y agoNot in a text file, no. It generates LLVM data structures that can be serialised to a text format, but aren't. The only external binary clang invokes is, optionally, the linker. Otherwise, everything is done in one executable invocation without temporary files.
- aetherspawn 5y agoYes and no. It uses the llvm API rather than pipe to llc