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Re: GCC 4.8 libcpp Issue...Possibly Related To (FIXED)
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Cyd Haselton <chaselton at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:47:22 +0000
- Subject: Re: GCC 4.8 libcpp Issue...Possibly Related To (FIXED)
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On 31 October 2013 18:13, Cyd Haselton wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 31 October 2013 13:22, Cyd Haselton wrote:
>>> Bug submitted, thanks.
>>
>> Again, please don't top-post on this list.
>
> Again? I don't remember seeing a first request...
There have been a few requests on this list recently, but not to you,
so the "again" is out of context, sorry.
>>> Not sure if this is relevant but the symbol table from objdump -x <4.8
>>> cc1> after adding explicit cast to files.c shows odd characters
>>>
>>
>> The difference is that GCC 4.8 is compiled with a C++ compiler so the
>> symbol names are mangled to encode the function signatures, as
>> required by C++ in order to support function overloading and other
>> features.
>
> Could this have an effect on cross-building a native GCC cc1 binary
> for Android...i.e. make it more problematic or impossible?
No, it shouldn't be a problem.