Make `pixie.mcext` adapt to the target, write tests, fix `va_list` use.
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers, operating-systems
Research direction
Start by reading the pixie.mcext wrappers and determine how their current behavior depends on the LLVM triple. Establish the missing test infrastructure around the libc wrappers, then verify OS constants and va_list types across the relevant targets; done means target-adapted behavior is covered by tests.
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Description
pixie.mcext contains wrappers around standard libc functions, it currently has no explicit test infrastructure, doesn't adapt to a LLVM triple when it should (OS constants can be different on Linux and BSD systems) and the type of va_list is also LLVM triple/target dependent. This all needs fixing.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 31
- Forks
- 6
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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