Re: RFC: gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-family/

[Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:52:14PM -0700, Mike Stump wrote:
> On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 06:39 PM, Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> >It seems every time we add a new front end extension to C/C++, we have
> >to write up 2 tests to make sure they get tested in both front ends.
> >I think we should have a set of tests that get run for both front
> >ends.  It's silly to keep this much duplicity around.
> >
> >Are there any objections to adding say, testsuite/gcc.c-family/ for
> >tests that get run for both front ends?  Any gotchas?
> 
> Objective-C and Objective-C++ to start with.
> 
> 
> For Objective-C++, we already run the C++ testsuite.
> 
> It works by proxy as I recall.  The .exp file runs the testcases from 
> the other place with -x objc++ on the command line, or some such.

So, what would the problem be?  Can we not just run C and C++, or can
straight ANSI C also get parsed by OBJ C?  (I know nothing about
OBJC).

Aldy