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Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8

From: Lawrence Crowl <crowl at google dot com>
To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Cc: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, Bernd Schmidt <bernds at codesourcery dot com>, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>, David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>, gcc <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:51:56 -0700
Subject: Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
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On 4/9/12, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:55:46AM -0700, Lawrence Crowl wrote:
> > A build conversion to C++ is a precondition to any source change
> > using C++, though the two could be bundled into one patch.  In any
> > event, I agree that the conversion needs to provide value. Vectors
> > and hash tables are a good early target.
>
> Hash tables?  Ugh, what is wrong with the hash tables we have
> right now in GCC?

Lots of boiler plate involving casting to void*.  Some of that
boiler plate makes the optimizer less effective.

-- 
Lawrence Crowl

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- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Lawrence Crowl
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Lawrence Crowl
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
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