[hellogcc] Fwd: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
- From: Mingjie Xing <mingjie.xing@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hellogcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:04:51 +0800
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From: Diego Novillo <dnovillo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2012/4/4
Subject: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
To: gcc <gcc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
抄送： Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx>, Lawrence Crowl <crowl@xxxxxxxxxx>
We would like to start the process to make GCC 4.8 build in C++ mode by default.
The mechanics of the change are simple enough. I volunteer to test
changing the default on all primary targets (assuming I can get them
from the GCC build farm).
Concurrently with this, Lawrence and Ian are working on the C++ coding
guidelines. The draft is stored at
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CppConventions. They will be sending an
update in the next few days. The idea is to hash out the details on
the wiki and then produce a patch to
http://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html.
While these two changes are independent, it probably makes sense to
first have agreement on an initial set of coding conventions before we
switch the default.
I expect that coding conventions will evolve quite a bit in the next
few months, so we should do the switch after the first patch to
codingconventions.html is approved and installed. A reasonable
initial version of this should cover the core language features that
allow implementing basic conversions (for instance, those that would
allow re-implementing vec.h).
I would like to avoid discussions to drag on indefinitely. But, given
the magnitude of these changes, I suppose that it may take a few days
to hash it out. Therefore, I propose that:
- For the coding conventions, we have the explicit approval of at
least 4 global reviewers.
- For the build changes, approval from a build maintainer should be enough.
Thanks. Diego.
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