Why is clang used for autocompletition in vim and emacs?

Why isn't gcc used for this? Where is the difference between them and why almost any autocomplete plugin requires clang?

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gcc vim autocomplete emacs clang

Kristaps Čivkulis Jun 27 '16 at 14:28

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