alt Hacker NewsIs this really a major problem? Is there any tool that supports generating the database without compiling? I think the answer to both of these is "no". In fact I can't even think of a reasonable case where it would be even a minor problem.
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jchw • 10/12/2024
Ninja and CMake do. It's especially useful if you want a compilation database for a project that takes an extremely long time to build.
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Ninja does it. Visual Studio does it.
> In fact I can't even think of a reasonable case where it would be even a minor problem.
On my last project, a build took 2+ hours on a 128 core threadripper. It wasn't every day that the lowest level stuff changed, but it was probably once a sprint or so. Waiting 2 hours for the compilation database to be ready isn't tenable. Rider and Visual Studio could generate a usable model of the project in 2-3 minutes.