-x option for gcc

[Anitha Boyapati]

Hi Brian,


On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Brian Dessent wrote:

> Anitha Boyapati wrote:
> 
> >  [I am literally a novice.Kindly bear with me]
> > 
> >  I wrote a c++ program (test.cc) which runs well with g++.
> >  Now I tried to compile with with gcc now :
> > 
> >  gcc -x c++ test.cc
> > 
> >  Now the compiler shouts at me saying there are some undefined references.
> >  (The list is truly long compared to the source program).
> 
> The real question is why you would want to do this.  Supplying "-x c++"

  The reason is simple.Am fascinated by this option at first glance.

> does not have the same effect as invoking g++, which knows all the
> necessary libraries and options to pass on to the subprocesses.  All -x
> does is set the type of language by which the file will be interpreted,
> but there is more to it.  You will run into all kinds of problems by not
> invoking the g++ driver for C++ code.

 Ok.That seems like I need to give a deeper dig to get this option work.
 



> 
> Brian
> 

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Regards,
Anitha B,
Sankhya Technologies Private Limited.