C++ Warnings on trunk

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Ben Elliston <bje@au1.ibm.com> wrote:
>> In this case, I argue that this code is always compiled with a C
>> compiler, and should never be compiled by a C++ compiler.  Therefore,
>> I believe it is wrong for this code to be compiled with the
>> -Wc++-compat warning enabled.  This should be fixed somewhere in the
>> configure script and/or Makefile.
>
> I agree.  Aren't there some potential nasty problems here with the
> shared libgcc being compiled with a C++ compiler and the ABI changing
> one day?  (The C ABI, could, too, but it's much less likely.)

if libgcc is at the intersection of GNU C and GNU C++ -- which it should be --
there is no problem that the C++ ABI will change without the C ABI
also changing.

-- Gaby