Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation

[Martin Uecker]

Am Freitag, dem 08.05.2026 um 10:48 +0200 schrieb Arsen Arsenović:
> Martin Uecker <muecker@gwdg.de> writes:
...

> 
> > I am not working on libgomp, so my opinion may not be important.
> > But  for libraries such libubsan I observe that people created 
> > alternatives in C so having a C version would generally be more
> > useful. 
> 
> That's a strange choice, given that all compilers that implement ubsan
> also implement C++ (to my awareness).
> 
> Perhaps there are other factors at play, such as libsanitizer not being
> possible to compile in a given environment.
> 
> Indeed, that's why e.g. Managarm has a C++ reimplementation of libubsan
> and friends for its kernel:
> https://github.com/managarm/managarm/blob/master/kernel/thor/generic/ubsan.cpp

I am not sure what the reason was why libsanitizer could not be used,
but I would suspect that this was also caused by some complexity related
to C++.   

A C library you can usually be used everywhere without much trouble,
including various kernel, embedded, and free-standing contexts. So
this usually provides more value to users.  This may be irrelevant for
libgomp though.

Martin