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2013/10/5 steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So now I know:
>>    1. Ubuntu 12.04 has it.
>>    2. But does not install it ny default.
>>    3. There is no documentation package for it.
>
> I got burned by that particular clang version. At least on 32-bit
> platforms, it makes a mess of compiling something relatively
> straightforward like Lua 5.2.  You will have to switch off
> optimization for liolib.c for it to work.
>
> But, Mr Highland is quite correct - _much_ nicer error messages and it
> definitely feels faster. At the very least, something to shake up GCC
> complacency.

So, use clang to debug the C code, then compile the working code with gcc?