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* LDC/LDC2 from master branch compiles without patches. | * LDC/LDC2 from master branch compiles without patches. | ||
| − | * See [[Building | + | * See [[Building and hacking LDC on Windows using MSVC]] for detailed instructions. |
* LLVM 3.1 is required (3.0 does not work because of missing TLS support); LLVM 3.2 is supported, too. | * LLVM 3.1 is required (3.0 does not work because of missing TLS support); LLVM 3.2 is supported, too. | ||
| − | * | + | * druntime and Phobos compile but linker errors are still possible. |
| − | * | + | * Exception handling still needs work (see here for a first [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.llvm.cvs/120422 patch]; the llvm-objdump part of the patch is [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.llvm.cvs/128883 here] and was commited in LLVM 3.3) |
| − | * | + | * Contact: kai@redstar.de |
=== ARM === | === ARM === | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 12 December 2012
LDC uses the LLVM backend for code generation. LDC typically generates substantially faster binaries than DMD.
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Project status
In general, LDC should work fine on most x86/x86-64 Unix-like systems, including Linux, OS X 10.7+ and most BSD flavors. Code generation should work for other platforms supported by the LLVM MC codegen infrastructure (for example ARM), but druntime/Phobos support will most likely be lacking.
OS X version prior to 10.7 (Lion) are currently not supported by the D2 compiler, because LLVM's support for thread-local storage depends on functionality which first appeared in 10.7.
x86-64 Windows using MSVC
- LDC/LDC2 from master branch compiles without patches.
- See Building and hacking LDC on Windows using MSVC for detailed instructions.
- LLVM 3.1 is required (3.0 does not work because of missing TLS support); LLVM 3.2 is supported, too.
- druntime and Phobos compile but linker errors are still possible.
- Exception handling still needs work (see here for a first patch; the llvm-objdump part of the patch is here and was commited in LLVM 3.3)
- Contact: kai@redstar.de
ARM
- Code generation is known to work.
- Some initial work has been done on druntime, but support is not yet complete – see issue #116.
