This is to support converting the code to Carbon. My theory with the setup is:
- Have the code available to build in C++ under `third_party/<project>/original`.
- Created a `third_party/<project>/carbon` for the converted version.
Having the existing code building should, I think, make it easier to run analysis on said code. Using a submodule means we should be aiming to keep it pristine, for easy comparison / updates.
Originally, I experimented with special rules for C++ builds of LLVM but
we ended up with a native build of it instead. Loading and using this
was completely unnecessary now and would have needed an update. Just
remove it.
Fixes#400
This makes executable semantics build and pass tests for me without
installing either Bison or Flex. We just use the primitive toolchain
with the existing genrule as the packaged rules don't quite fit how
we're building and organizing the code.
Currently, this points at forks of the upstream rule repositories while
PRs I have sent there are going through, but this should be functional
for now and there doesn't seem to be any reason to wait for those PRs to
go through.
Per chandlerc's comment:
First, this builds inside the Bazel tree rather than in the source
repository. This ensures we start in a clean directory each time the
repository rule is run again. We don't need to detect an existing build
with this, and it will only be rebuilt when the workspace file or the
repository rule implementation is changed. This can be forced by using:
```
bazel sync --configure
```
Second, we use an implicit dependency on the `WORKSPACE` file to locate
the workspace directory automatically, and the `HEAD` file from the
`llvm-project` submodule to trigger a rebuild if the submodule is
updated.
Third, teach the CMake script to try to use a system-installed `clang`
if installed and not overridden by the `CC` environment variable. This
is very different from the prior logic -- this is only used with the
CMake build, and so should work with any system C++ compiler that can
build Clang and LLVM.
Lastly, this tweaks the CMake options to tune this build given that we
now fully control it and it will only be used in this context. This
still results in a 1.5gb build for me. =/ But its as small as I can make
it really. It's a frustrating long list, but I couldn't find a more
brief way of representing this.
Co-authored-by: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
The Bazel bits are collected into a directory and given less confusing
names (I hope). Other than names, everything is a direct copy from the
toolchain repository without any edits.
A few files needed to be merged in:
- `.gitignore`
- `.pre-commit-config.yaml`
Subsequent commits will add relevant C++ infrastructure and then the
source code itself.
Jon Meow
Chandler Carruth