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Re: how to get .c equivalent of a .cpp
On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:00 PM, ranjith kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 1) I read somewhere that .cpp code is converted into .c code by the
> compiler, and .c file is used to make the executable file.
This was the way first C++ compilers operated. GCC compiles C++ code directly into assembly.
>
> Is there any flag to get the .c equivalent of .cpp file??
> If no, how to get it?
Try searching for an old compiler that does this; beware, code may not be pretty or work reliably. You can try LLVM, which, I think, compiles C++ into its internal representation, which you then can compile back to C.
>
> 2)What are the all possible cases in which GCC creates the temporary objects?
> How to disable the compiler from producing temporary objects?
Try -pipe compiler option.
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