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convert_project
currently has some logic that only works if the compilation database (compile_commands.json
file) uses the arguments
field rather than the command
field:
checkedc-clang/clang/tools/3c/utils/port_tools/generate_ccommands.py
Lines 152 to 163 in 2a0df40
It seems that, knowing this, we've mostly standardized (notably, in the benchmark workflow) on using compilation databases that use
arguments
(as generated by Bear) rather than command
(as generated by cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
), and we haven't made much of an effort to address the command
case in recent changes to convert_project
. (To be clear, that "we" is mostly me.) I did a simple test with cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
, and the 3C run seemed to work, but the macro expander didn't work at all.
Ideally, all of our tools should support all important features of the Clang compilation database specification. command
is the main feature we are missing; output
might also be worth considering where it is relevant (e.g., for the macro expander). We can start with convert_project
. Some of our utils-5c
tools may also need work, notably compdb build
; we can file a separate issue in the utils-5c
repository if we want.