rust/compiler/rustc_driver_impl
Matthias Krüger b1d1e99c22
Rollup merge of #113780 - dtolnay:printkindpath, r=b-naber
Support `--print KIND=PATH` command line syntax

As is already done for `--emit KIND=PATH` and `-L KIND=PATH`.

In the discussion of #110785, it was pointed out that `--print KIND=PATH` is nicer than trying to apply the single global `-o` path to `--print`'s output, because in general there can be multiple print requests within a single rustc invocation, and anyway `-o` would already be used for a different meaning in the case of `link-args` and `native-static-libs`.

I am interested in using `--print cfg=PATH` in Buck2. Currently Buck2 works around the lack of support for `--print KIND=PATH` by [indirecting through a Python wrapper script](d43cf3a51a/prelude/rust/tools/get_rustc_cfg.py) to redirect rustc's stdout into the location dictated by the build system.

From skimming Cargo's usages of `--print`, it definitely seems like it would benefit from `--print KIND=PATH` too. Currently it is working around the lack of this by inserting `--crate-name=___ --print=crate-name` so that it can look for a line containing `___` as a delimiter between the 2 other `--print` informations it actually cares about. This is commented as a "HACK" and "abuse". 31eda6f7c3/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_context/target_info.rs (L242) (FYI `@weihanglo` as you dealt with this recently in https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/11633.)

Mentioning reviewers active in #110785: `@fee1-dead` `@jyn514` `@bjorn3`
2023-07-21 06:52:28 +02:00
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src Rollup merge of #113780 - dtolnay:printkindpath, r=b-naber 2023-07-21 06:52:28 +02:00
Cargo.toml On nightly, dump ICE backtraces to disk 2023-07-19 14:10:07 +00:00
messages.ftl Rollup merge of #113780 - dtolnay:printkindpath, r=b-naber 2023-07-21 06:52:28 +02:00
README.md Rename rustc_driver to rustc_driver_impl 2023-02-02 07:12:10 +01:00

The driver crate is effectively the "main" function for the rust compiler. It orchestrates the compilation process and "knits together" the code from the other crates within rustc. This crate itself does not contain any of the "main logic" of the compiler (though it does have some code related to pretty printing or other minor compiler options).

For more information about how the driver works, see the rustc dev guide.