Fabian Ruffy

> @fruffy I've tried this few weeks ago after the recent changes like removal of StringRef. Sadly it still did not work easily. The main problem is that there is...

This should be possible to do only in CMake. The reason why is that each back end may add its own clang-format files. We used to have code set up...

Also do not worry about creating a dedicated folder structure. We already have all the formatters and configs available, the only changes required are to the CMake script. We could...

What is the output of the failures with `ctest --output-on-failure -R ebpf/`?

Please format the comment so it does not accidentally reference other issues. But it looks like the failures are coming from pcap not being installed, so they are directly related...

I agree, I sometimes wonder whether the interning does more harm than good. It might make sense to rename `cstring` to something like `CachedString`. Simply to make it explicit to...

>I will try to see if there is some low-hanging fruit here.. I would guess the `newName()` method of the ReferenceMap has a lot of weight there. There are a...

#4694 is a painful commit, it breaks a lot of back ends. But it looks like it is necessary. It shows that there are a lot of unneeded cstring instantiations....

@jnfoster > I also find it interesting that the following does compile: > > ``` > extern E { > E(); > void f(in T arg); > } > >...

> Any update on this @fruffy ? I think this is is stalled for the foreseeable future until we make progress with the formatter. We could define an informal style...