[RFC] [patch] Clang section for Porters Handbook
Mark Linimon
linimon at lonesome.com
Mon Nov 16 23:29:55 UTC 2009
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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