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Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8

From: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>, gcc <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Lawrence Crowl <crowl at google dot com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:51:48 +0200
Subject: Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
References: <4F7B356E.9080003@google.com> <FFDB1980-E385-48F5-8801-B72789EB92B9@adacore.com> <mcrsjgjvdwm.fsf@dhcp-172-18-216-180.mtv.corp.google.com> <69D08C90-0F02-4A01-894C-84F9C3F4F5BD@adacore.com> <CAAiZkiB1LdoVhR1nTN=KYFHhPhmeXUHTDjGvsh7qsvHo-sMkuQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Apr 4, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> wrote:
> 
>> For Alpha, gas crashes during libstdc++ build.  From initial investigation, this looks manageable.  But Alpha object format is quite old, and has no support for comdat (but weak symbols should work).
> 
> I believe weak symbols should suffice, if the object file does not have comdat.

That's also my understanding from reading various gcc pieces.  But these features (aliases and weak) was never well-tested in the Alpha VMS case.

Tristan.

References:
- Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Diego Novillo
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis

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