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Document `r_clang` compiler option

Open mfansler opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

The r-arrow recipe uses an r_clang compiler on Windows:

https://github.com/conda-forge/r-arrow-feedstock/blob/99eee2298644d6439115a96ca5fd47f23378f353/recipe/meta.yaml#L31

However, the documentation only describes five compilers, which does not include this:

https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io/blob/1d3214c295a46a249434de4fcf48c6b8d747a07f/src/maintainer/knowledge_base.rst?plain=1#L280-L287

This should be documented with guidance on usage.

mfansler avatar Dec 21 '23 14:12 mfansler

More background can be found on this compiler (and its history) on https://uwekorn.com/2020/06/14/r-arrow-for-conda-windows.html

xhochy avatar Dec 21 '23 15:12 xhochy

@xhochy nice! That's a wonderful case study you put together there!

mfansler avatar Dec 21 '23 20:12 mfansler