[analyzer] Update the docs to reflect that gcc is not the only default

compiler option.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@147645 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/www/analyzer/scan-build.html b/www/analyzer/scan-build.html
index 6c2833e799..e257407d86 100644
--- a/www/analyzer/scan-build.html
+++ b/www/analyzer/scan-build.html
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ web browser.</p>
 <p><b>scan-build</b> has little or no knowledge about how you build your code.
 It works by overriding the <tt>CC</tt> and <tt>CXX</tt> environment variables to
 (hopefully) change your build to use a &quot;fake&quot; compiler instead of the
-one that would normally build your project. By default, this fake compiler
-executes <tt>gcc</tt> to compile your code (assuming that <tt>gcc</tt> is your
-compiler) and then executes the static analyzer to analyze your code.</p>
+one that would normally build your project. This fake compiler executes either 
+<tt>clang</tt> or <tt>gcc</tt> (depending on the platform) to compile your 
+code and then executes the static analyzer to analyze your code.</p>
 
 <p>This &quot;poor man's interposition&quot; works amazingly well in many cases
 and falls down in others. Please consult the information on this page on making
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ aforementioned hack fails to work.</p>
 <p>The <tt>scan-build</tt> command can be used to analyze an entire project by
 essentially interposing on a project's build process. This means that to run the
 analyzer using <tt>scan-build</tt>, you will use <tt>scan-build</tt> to analyze
-the source files compiled by <tt>gcc</tt> during a project build. This means
-that any files that are not compiled will also not be analyzed.</p>
+the source files compiled by <tt>gcc</tt>/<tt>clang</tt> during a project build. 
+This means that any files that are not compiled will also not be analyzed.</p>
 
 <h3 id="scanbuild_basicusage">Basic Usage</h3>
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ $ scan-build make
 <i>interposing</i> on the compiler. This interposition is currently done by
 <tt>scan-build</tt> temporarily setting the environment variable <tt>CC</tt> to
 <tt>ccc-analyzer</tt>. The program <tt>ccc-analyzer</tt> acts like a fake
-compiler, forwarding its command line arguments over to <tt>gcc</tt> to perform
+compiler, forwarding its command line arguments over to the compiler to perform
 regular compilation and <tt>clang</tt> to perform static analysis.</p>
 
 <p>Running <tt>configure</tt> typically generates makefiles that have hardwired
@@ -314,18 +314,17 @@ $ scan-build xcodebuild -configuration Debug -sdk iphonesimulator3.0
 
 <h3>Gotcha: using the right compiler</h3>
 
-<p>Recall that <b>scan-build</b> analyzes your project by using <tt>gcc</tt> to
-compile the project and <tt>clang</tt> to analyze your project. When analyzing
+<p>Recall that <b>scan-build</b> analyzes your project by using a compiler to
+compile the project and <tt>clang</tt> to analyze your project. The script uses 
+simple heuristics to determine which compiler should be used (it defaults to 
+<tt>clang</tt> on Darwin and <tt>gcc</tt> on other platforms). When analyzing
 iPhone projects, <b>scan-build</b> may pick the wrong compiler than the one
-Xcode would use to build your project. This is because multiple versions of
-<tt>gcc</tt> may be installed on your system, especially if you are developing
-for the iPhone.</p>
-
-<p>Where this particularly might be a problem is if you are using Mac OS 10.5
-(Leopard) to develop for iPhone OS 3.0. The default desktop compiler on Leopard
-is gcc-4.0, while the compiler for iPhone OS 3.0 is gcc-4.2. When compiling your
-application to run on the simulator, it is important that <b>scan-build</b>
-finds the correct version of <tt>gcc</tt>. Otherwise, you may see strange build
+Xcode would use to build your project. For example, this could be because 
+multiple versions of a compiler may be installed on your system, especially if 
+you are developing for the iPhone.</p>
+
+<p>When compiling your application to run on the simulator, it is important that <b>scan-build</b>
+finds the correct version of <tt>gcc/clang</tt>. Otherwise, you may see strange build
 errors that only happen when you run <tt>scan-build</tt>.
 
 <p><b>scan-build</b> provides the <tt>--use-cc</tt> and <tt>--use-c++</tt>