GDB now builds as a C++ program by default

GDB now builds as a C++ program by default

[Pedro Alves]

Hi all,

I'm happy to report that GDB git master now defaults to building with
a C++ compiler.

For the moment, we'll keep supporting building GDB as a C program
as well, so no C++-only code is allowed yet.  You can request C mode by
configuring gdb with --enable-build-with-cxx=no.

Big thanks to everyone involved!

See the project page for more info:
 https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/cxx-conversion

-- 
Pedro Alves

Re: GDB now builds as a C++ program by default

[Gary Benson]

Pedro Alves wrote:
> I'm happy to report that GDB git master now defaults to building
> with a C++ compiler.

Amazing work!

Cheers,
Gary

-- 
http://gbenson.net/

Re: GDB now builds as a C++ program by default

[Bob Rossi]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:55:47PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> I'm happy to report that GDB git master now defaults to building with
> a C++ compiler.

Do you have a time frame for when GDB will be required to use C++
to compile?

Looking at https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/cxx-conversion, I see
that you will require C++ 98 or 03. Will you enforce that when
compiling?

I ask because I work on CGDB, a GDB front end, and it's written in C so
that it can be compiled anywhere that GDB can. I'd like to transition
CGDB to C++ but only want to do so after GDB is and using the same C++
standard features.

Thanks,
Bob Rossi

Re: GDB now builds as a C++ program by default

[Pedro Alves]

On 05/24/2016 12:43 PM, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:55:47PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> I'm happy to report that GDB git master now defaults to building with
>> a C++ compiler.
> 
> Do you have a time frame for when GDB will be required to use C++
> to compile?
> 

I'd like to do that soon after the next release, around June/July,
making the next release the last one that supports building gdb
with a C compiler.

> Looking at https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/cxx-conversion, I see
> that you will require C++ 98 or 03. Will you enforce that when
> compiling?

If you mean with a "-std=" switch, I don't plan to.

> I ask because I work on CGDB, a GDB front end, and it's written in C so
> that it can be compiled anywhere that GDB can. I'd like to transition
> CGDB to C++ but only want to do so after GDB is and using the same C++
> standard features.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves