Re:Chromium Windows builds now use Clang by default
by blinkingled on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:33PM
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But on the other hand Microsoft's compiler, linker, headers, debuggers are tested together for the OS releases they support. clang-cl doesn't have that advantage. I guess Google is picking up clang-cl maintenance to make sure it remains compatible with various dependencies MS changes.
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Re:Chromium Windows builds now use Clang by default
by microcolonel on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:43PM
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Microsoft endorses and works on clang-cl, though I wouldn't say they give it as much attention as their own compiler. As for compatibility, I don't think it's a huge issue, if they never changed the compiler again, it would probably still generate working binaries for the next decade, including PDBs.