[v3] libstdc++ vs. icc 8.1

[Andrew Pinski]

On Apr 6, 2004, at 23:38, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:

>
> These fixups allow libstdc++ to be (almost) compiled by pre-released 
> versions of icc.
>
> There are additional fixups that are necessary for some of the 
> libstdc++
> testsuite files, but most are ok as-is. If somebody wants to fix the
> problem test files up, I'm interested in applying the patch, and will
> provide more details.
>
> This patch is queued for gcc-3.4.1.
>
> tested x86/linux g++
> tested x86/linux icc 8.1 20040327Z


I have a question why should we put in workarounds in libstdc++ for ICC 
at all.
Because if someone compiled their C++ code with our libstdc++ and ICC, 
their
code needs to be licensed under the GPL as libstdc++ is licensed under 
GPL+exception.
Also is the "workarounds" needed for libstdc++ to be standard C++ or 
just for ICC to
compile them, if the later I would say we should not be doing this as 
it clutters up
libstdc++.  Also what about putting in "workarounds" to compile 
libstdc++ with XLC
then as we should treat commercial compilers the same.


Just some thoughts,
Andrew Pinski