| Chris Lattner | 22eb972 | 2006-06-18 05:43:12 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// |
| 2 | // C Language Family Front-end |
| 3 | //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// |
| 4 | |
| Chris Lattner | 22a0599 | 2009-09-13 17:23:57 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | Welcome to Clang. This is a compiler front-end for the C family of languages |
| 6 | (C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++) which is built as part of the LLVM |
| Peter Collingbourne | 49e7de1 | 2010-06-17 12:39:05 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | compiler infrastructure project. |
| Chris Lattner | 22eb972 | 2006-06-18 05:43:12 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | |
| Chris Lattner | 22a0599 | 2009-09-13 17:23:57 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | Unlike many other compiler frontends, Clang is useful for a number of things |
| 10 | beyond just compiling code: we intend for Clang to be host to a number of |
| Alp Toker | 9907f08 | 2014-07-09 14:06:35 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | different source-level tools. One example of this is the Clang Static Analyzer. |
| Chris Lattner | 87d229a | 2006-10-06 04:10:25 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
| Chris Lattner | 22a0599 | 2009-09-13 17:23:57 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | If you're interested in more (including how to build Clang) it is best to read |
| 14 | the relevant web sites. Here are some pointers: |
| Ted Kremenek | 4d180b36 | 2008-05-09 17:12:45 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| Masud Rahman | 93135cb | 2017-10-21 16:03:17 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | Information on Clang: http://clang.llvm.org/ |
| 17 | Building and using Clang: http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html |
| 18 | Clang Static Analyzer: http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/ |
| 19 | Information on the LLVM project: http://llvm.org/ |
| Ted Kremenek | 4d180b36 | 2008-05-09 17:12:45 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| Chris Lattner | 22a0599 | 2009-09-13 17:23:57 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | If you have questions or comments about Clang, a great place to discuss them is |
| 22 | on the Clang development mailing list: |
| Tanya Lattner | 4a08e93 | 2015-08-05 03:55:23 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev |
| Ted Kremenek | 4d180b36 | 2008-05-09 17:12:45 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | |
| Chris Lattner | 22a0599 | 2009-09-13 17:23:57 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | If you find a bug in Clang, please file it in the LLVM bug tracker: |
| 26 | http://llvm.org/bugs/ |
