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Re: gcc v3 issue -- hacky solution
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:28:12 +1100
- Subject: Re: gcc v3 issue -- hacky solution
- References: <20020122032839.GA23746@redhat.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:28 PM
Subject: gcc v3 issue -- hacky solution
> If we can generate new operators for all of the builtin types that are
> currently being used in setup.exe, then, if we compile everything with
> -fno-exceptions (which I've just added to Makefile.in) we won't have
to
> worry about having a mingw version of libstdc++.a around.
>
> It's a hack, I know, but the alternative of somehow building a mingw
> version of the stdc library is not too attractive.
>
> So, if anyone was looking for something, oh I don't know, repetitive
to
> do, that would be a good project, assuming that Robert agrees.
>
> (Unfortunately, my internal Robert simulator gives this about a 30%
chance of an
> agreement)
This external Robert simulator can confirm that, and drop it to about
10% :}.
I want to enable exceptions, to cleanup more of the code. I wouldn't be
stressed about haveing all the operators (surely there's a library
around already), but the no-exceptions clause won't fly without some
convincing.
Rob