lld/tools/lld/TODO.txt

tools/lld
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Driver
------

lld needs a driver that supports gnu-ld_, ld64_, and link.exe_ arguments.  It
would be nice to refactor the argument parsing parts of `Clang's`_ driver support
out to LLVM's Support library.

.. _gnu-ld: http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.22/ld/Options.html#Options
.. _ld64: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/Xcode-3.2.5/man1/ld.1.html
.. _link.exe: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y0zzbyt4(v=vs.110).aspx
.. _Clang's: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/DriverInternals.html

Driver Requirements
*******************

The following are the different types of arguments that the driver will need to
support for compatibility with each linker.

link.exe
^^^^^^^^

Output: Default output filename is the name of the first file with .obj on the
        command line with .exe or .dll appended. Override with /OUT.

Options are case insensitive and can begin with - or /.

Types of options:

* @response_file
* {-/}flag
* {-/}flag[:number]
* {-/}flag[:string]
* {-/}flag:string
* {-/}flag:string[,[string][,string]]
* {-/}flag:string[,number]
* {-/}flag:@string,string
* {-/}flag:string[,@string[,string]][,string]
* {-/}flag:[string\]string
* {-/}flag:[string | string=string]
* {-/}flag:string,[[!]{DEKPRSW}][,ALIGN=#]

When options conflict, the last one wins.

ld64
^^^^

gnuld
^^^^^