Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code of DMD?

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On 2012-12-28 16:18, Russel Winder wrote:
> Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code of DMD?

As far as I know it doesn't work with Clang. Did you have any other compiler in mind?

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On Friday, 28 December 2012 at 15:18:17 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code of DMD?

DMD is actually written in C++, Walter just chose file names ending in .c for some strange reason.

David

On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 16:30 +0100, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Friday, 28 December 2012 at 15:18:17 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> > Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code of DMD?
> 
> DMD is actually written in C++, Walter just chose file names ending in .c for some strange reason.

I can understand using C++ rather than C, but (sorry Walter) naming the files X.c is a f###### stupid idea. The standard name strategy is one of X.C, X.cc, or X.cpp, for very good reasons.

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On 12/28/12 10:51 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 16:30 +0100, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> On Friday, 28 December 2012 at 15:18:17 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>>> Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code
>>> of DMD?
>>
>> DMD is actually written in C++, Walter just chose file names
>> ending in .c for some strange reason.
>
> I can understand using C++ rather than C, but (sorry Walter) naming the
> files X.c is a f###### stupid idea.

From the HSP (Holiday Spirit Police):

s/f###### stupid/odd/


Andrei

On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 11:27 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: […]
>  From the HSP (Holiday Spirit Police):

It is holiday, I have spirit, 44.55 to be precise. I shall go and imbibe :-)

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On Friday, 28 December 2012 at 15:29:58 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-12-28 16:18, Russel Winder wrote:
>> Is there a reason for using g++ to compile and link the C code of DMD?
>
> As far as I know it doesn't work with Clang. Did you have any other compiler in mind?

Actually it works with Clang (v4.5), albeit with many warnings. Just pass HOST_CC=clang++ to the makefile.

On 2012-12-28 18:12, Nicolas Sicard wrote:

> Actually it works with Clang (v4.5), albeit with many warnings. Just
> pass HOST_CC=clang++ to the makefile.

I see, thanks.

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On 2012-12-28 16:30, David Nadlinger wrote:

> DMD is actually written in C++, Walter just chose file names ending in
> .c for some strange reason.

Oh, he means like that. That's kind of strange.

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On 2012-12-28 17:27, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> From the HSP (Holiday Spirit Police):
>
> s/f###### stupid/odd/

I agree with Russel in this case.

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