From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet@adacore.com>
To: Paul Koning <paul_koning@dell.com>
Cc: "gcc@gcc.gnu.org List" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: C++ bootstrap of GCC - still useful ?
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:58:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110712105647.GA95705@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86F6547D-4B83-463F-81CA-2A8A5D2D5F71@dell.com>
> Why not? If extern "C" is used correctly, the result will work just the same,
> and the improved type checking etc. would be an asset here just as it is
> elsewhere.
We don't use much C code, so the extra benefits wouldn't really be useful
to us (we already get much more benefits by having most of the Ada run-time
written in Ada), and having to deal with mixed C++/Ada by default in the
Ada run-time can bring its own share or complexity that we shouldn't have
to deal with by default.
In addition, the GNAT run-time is built for many cross targets where requiring
a cross C++ compiler would add lots of extra pain.
Requiring a C++ native compiler for bootstrap is one thing (already an
extra pain on some platforms), requiring a C++ cross compiler for building the
run-time is just not an acceptable requirement.
Arno
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-12 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-09 20:08 Toon Moene
2011-07-09 22:05 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2011-07-09 22:27 ` Hargett, Matt
2011-07-10 4:46 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2011-07-10 7:52 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-11 16:47 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2011-07-11 16:53 ` Arnaud Charlet
2011-07-11 16:59 ` Paul Koning
2011-07-11 17:28 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2011-07-11 19:00 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-11 20:12 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2011-07-11 20:25 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-11 20:58 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2011-07-11 21:12 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-11 22:54 ` Laurent GUERBY
2011-07-12 6:47 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-12 6:54 ` Arnaud Charlet
2011-07-12 7:44 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-07-12 7:51 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-07-12 8:02 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-12 8:24 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-07-12 8:44 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-12 8:21 ` Arnaud Charlet
2011-07-12 8:01 ` Eric Botcazou
2011-07-12 10:57 ` Paul Koning
2011-07-12 10:58 ` Arnaud Charlet [this message]
2011-07-12 11:11 ` Paul Koning
2011-07-10 18:03 ` Toon Moene
2011-07-10 18:09 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2011-07-10 21:21 ` Laurent GUERBY
2011-07-11 18:31 ` Toon Moene
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