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Re: [cdt-dev] Microsoft Visual Studio to support clang front-end
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> Interesting article about Microsoft Visual Studio starting to support
> the clang compiler front-end for parsing code:
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/21/microsoft_promises_clang_for_windows_in_november_visual_c_update/
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> Any thoughts of doing something similar for Eclipse CDT? It would
> alleviate a lot of the parsing and indexing issues of complex code
> frequently encountered, and now with C++ evolving more rapidly than
> ever before, it may save some work in the long run.
The MSVC feature described in the article concerns using Visual Studio to _build_ code using clang, much as CDT is already able to build using clang.
It does not mean MSVC will use clang to power IDE features such as code navigation, code completion, or semantic highlighting. That would be a very large undertaking for them, as it would be for CDT.
Regards,
Nate
