[compiler-rt] [docs] Mention Windows as one of the supported OSes #106874
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Compiler-rt can be built for Windows, and most parts of it work. Some parts only really work on x86/x86_64 (like address sanitizers), but the OS overall is supported.
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Compiler-rt does support Windows just fine, even if outdated docs pages didn't list it as one of the supported OSes, this is being rectified in llvm#106874. MinGW is another environment configuration on Windows, where compiler-rt or libgcc is linked in automatically, so there's no issue with having such builtins functions available. For MSVC style environments, compiler-rt builtins do work just fine, but Clang doesn't automatically link them in. See e.g. https://discourse.llvm.org/t/improve-autolinking-of-compiler-rt-and-libc-on-windows-with-lld-link/71392 for a discussion on how to improve this situation. But none of that issue is that compiler-rt itself wouldn't support Windows.
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…06875) Compiler-rt does support Windows just fine, even if outdated docs pages didn't list it as one of the supported OSes, this is being rectified in #106874. MinGW is another environment configuration on Windows, where compiler-rt or libgcc is linked in automatically, so there's no issue with having such builtins functions available. For MSVC style environments, compiler-rt builtins do work just fine, but Clang doesn't automatically link them in. See e.g. https://discourse.llvm.org/t/improve-autolinking-of-compiler-rt-and-libc-on-windows-with-lld-link/71392 for a discussion on how to improve this situation. But none of that issue is that compiler-rt itself wouldn't support Windows.
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Compiler-rt can be built for Windows, and most parts of it work. Some parts only really work on x86/x86_64 (like address sanitizers), but the OS overall is supported.