Making Incomplete C/C++ Code Linkable – Automatically
emmtrix Tech Posts
Category: Engineering Enablement-Use Case
In early development or integration phases, it’s common to face missing function definitions or global variables that block successful linking. This prevents static analysis, unit testing, or even CI/CD builds from progressing.
emmtrix Link Stubber solves this problem by automatically generating valid placeholder implementations for unresolved symbols – functions, classes, constructors, destructors, or global variables.
Built on top of Clang, it ensures compatibility with standard C/C++ projects and can insert stubs directly into the original source files to maintain build simplicity.
Typical use cases include:
- Isolated unit testing of incomplete modules
- Static performance analysis on partial codebases
- Early module integration
- Stable CI/CD pipelines even with missing components
