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Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837630981

Pages 326 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Ivan Murashko

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

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Part I: Clang Setup and Architecture

Chapter 1: Environment Setup

1.1 Technical requirements
1.2 Getting to know LLVM
1.3 Source code compilation
1.4 Test project – syntax check with a Clang tool
1.5 Summary
1.6 Further reading

Chapter 2: Clang Architecture

2.1 Technical requirements
2.2 Getting started with compilers
2.3 Clang driver overview
2.4 Clang frontend overview
2.5 Summary
2.6 Further reading

Chapter 3: Clang AST

3.1 Technical requirements
3.2 AST
3.3 AST traversal
3.4 Recursive AST visitor
3.5 AST matchers
3.6 Explore Clang AST with clang-query
3.7 Processing AST in the case of errors
3.8 Summary
3.9 Further reading

Chapter 4: Basic Libraries and Tools

4.1 Technical requirements
4.2 LLVM coding style
4.3 LLVM basic libraries
4.4 Clang basic libraries
4.5 LLVM supporting tools
4.6 Clang plugin project
4.7 Summary
4.8 Further reading

Part II: Clang Tools

Chapter 5: Clang-Tidy Linter Framework

5.1 Technical requirements
5.2 Overview of Clang-Tidy and usage examples
5.3 Clang-Tidy’s internal design
5.4 Custom Clang-Tidy check
5.5 Summary
5.6 Further reading

Chapter 6: Advanced Code Analysis

6.1 Technical requirements
6.2 Static analysis
6.3 CFG
6.4 Custom CFG check
6.5 CFG on Clang
6.6 Brief description of Clang analysis tools
6.7 Knowing the limitations of analysis
6.8 Summary
6.9 Future reading

Chapter 7: Refactoring Tools

7.1 Technical requirements
7.2 Custom code modification tool
7.3 Clang-Tidy as a code modification tool
7.4 Code modification and Clang-Format
7.5 Summary
7.6 Further reading

Chapter 8: IDE Support and Clangd

8.1 Technical requirements
8.2 Language Server Protocol
8.3 Environment setup
8.4 LSP demo
8.5 Integration with Clang tools
8.6 Performance optimizations
8.7 Summary
8.8 Further reading

Part III: Appendix

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Appendix 1: Compilation Database

9.1 Compilation database definition
9.2 CDB creation
9.3 Clang tools and a CDB
9.4 Further reading

Appendix 2: Build Speed Optimization

10.1 Technical requirements
10.2 Precompiled headers
10.3 Clang modules
10.4 Further reading

1.6 Further reading

Getting Started with the LLVM System: https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html
Building LLVM with CMake: https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html
Clang Compiler User’s Manual: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html

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