Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation

[Arsen Arsenović]

"Richard Earnshaw (foss)" <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com> writes:

> On 08/05/2026 13:23, Alex (Waffl3x) wrote:
>> On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM Martin Uecker <muecker@gwdg.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>> 
>> C++ supports specifying language linkage with extern "C", the interface
>> of a library does not need to match its implementation. Which is also
>> what is being proposed here to avoid breaking ABI.
>> 
>> Alex
>
> That may not be enough if you end up depending on libstdc++ during linking.

As mentioned initially, there's no intention to depend on libstdc++.
IMO this is a bit dubious but it's not important enough to bikeshed
over.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović
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