---
id: 1642
title: "The future of Clang-based tooling"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/07/28/the-future-of-clang-based-tooling/"
published_at: "2023-07-28T11:00:19Z"
tags: ["tooling", "static-analysis", "llvm", "compiler", "trail-of-bits", "program-analysis", "compilers", "clang", "data-flow"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1642"
lang: en
---

# The future of Clang-based tooling

## Summary

Peter Goodman examines why Clang dominates compiling yet disappoints toolsmiths: its AST, CFG, and libClang interfaces hide crucial data-flow connections, and new tooling aims to fill these gaps.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2023-07-28T11:00:19Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/07/28/the-future-of-clang-based-tooling/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1642