Re: [PATCH 0/5] Remove a few hurdles of compiling with clang

Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12T16:44:50Z

> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:54:42 +0200
> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
> Cc: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com>, simon.marchi@ericsson.com,
> gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> I included in this patchset the changes that I think improve the
> situation with Clang, but are neutral to GCC, so I don't think these
> should pose any problem.

Yes, I know.

> But I think it's a good thing to discuss how far we're willing to go to
> make GDB build cleanly with Clang, because some other issues are not so
> easily resolved.

That's precisely the reason why I raised this: it would be good to
have a clear policy on this, to avoid the need for unnecessary work
and unnecessary disputes. (I actually hoped we already did have such
a policy, but if not, I think we should try to come up with it.)

Thanks.