Since LLDB is taking over as the REPL for Swift, we eventually want "swift"
and "swift -repl" to invoke "lldb --repl" rather than the frontend. However,
we only want to do this if the LLDB that's present is related to the Swift
that's present -- we don't want to invoke some random LLDB on the system
or in some other Xcode installation. Therefore, Swift searches for LLDB--
first next to the driver, then in the usr/bin/ outside of a toolchain--
before choosing to use it.
If the user just passes -repl and an LLDB is not found relative to the
driver, the existing "integrated" REPL will be launched instead.*
If the user passes -lldb-repl and an LLDB is not found relative to the
driver, one from the user's PATH will be chosen (like the linker).
The user can also pass -integrated-repl to get the existing behavior.
"swift -frontend -repl" always uses the integrated REPL.
* Since LLDB's not quite ready to be the REPL yet, "swift -repl" still
invokes the integrated REPL. "swift -repl -experimental-prefer-lldb" tests
the new behavior; this option will become the default (and the flag removed)
in <rdar://problem/16776719>.
<rdar://problem/16776705>
Swift SVN r17134
Added a MergeModuleJobAction, which will be translated into a Command which merges swiftmodule files.
Added a MergeModule subclass of Tool, which will generate a Command which merges swiftmodule files. (Currently, it generates a Command which invokes “swift_driver -frontend -help”.)
Added ToolChain-level support for getting the MergeModule Tool.
Nothing produces MergeModuleJobActions yet; adding that to the Action dependency graph should be enough to get this going.
Swift SVN r12491
- Added a couple of new targets:
- libswiftDriver, which contains most of the driver implementation
- swift_driver, which produces the actual executable
- Added centralized version information into libswiftBasic.
- Added a new "Driver Design & Internals" document, which currently describes
the high-level design of the Swift driver.
- Implemented an early version of the functionality of the driver, including
versions of the Parse, Pipeline, Bind, Translate, and Execute driver stages.
Parse, Pipeline, and Bind are largely implemented; Translate and Execute are
early placeholders. (Translate produces "swift_driver --version" and "ld -v"
commands, while Execute performs all subtasks sequentially, rather than in
parallel.)
This is just the starting point for the Swift driver. Tests for the existing
behavior are forthcoming.
Swift SVN r10933
