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Re: PATCH RFA: Build stages 2 and 3 with C++


On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 02:52, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 2011-07-15 ?Ian Lance Taylor ?<iant@google.com>
>>>
>>> ? ? ? ?* configure.ac: Add --enable-build-poststage1-with-cxx. ?If set,
>>> ? ? ? ?make C++ a boot_language. ?Set and substitute
>>> ? ? ? ?POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS.
>>> ? ? ? ?* Makefile.tpl (POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): New variable.
>>> ? ? ? ?(STAGE[+id+]_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Add $(POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS).
>>> ? ? ? ?* configure, Makefile.in: Rebuild.
>>
>> I agree with this change.

I agree with this change as well.  It will give us  the opportunity to
experience
debugging a C++ built cc1 ...

>> ?For reference, have you measured the
>> difference in bootstrap time? ?Clearly, it will be slower, but how
>> much?
>
> I have not measured the change in bootstrap time, no.

I have measured it at some point and IIRC it was about 10% slower
(comparing C bootstrap with C++ in stag1 languages with C++ bootstrap,
not sure if that included bootstrapping libstdc++ for the former).

Richard.

> Ian
>


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