Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:37:49 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: gcc vs egcs Message-ID: <200001041437.JAA34430@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912281703180.73183-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On 28-Dec-99 Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > Correct me if i'm wrong, but is BSD moving to egcs in 4.0? How will this > change the generated code? Is it just more C++ compatible? On a -current box: > cc -v Using builtin specs. gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) Thus, -current is using egcs for its C compiler. gcc 2.95.2 is an ANSI C++ compiler, which does result in some changes from the behavior of even egcs 1.x. For example, some older versions contain tests for the 'inline' and 'const' keywords that work with gcc 2.[78].x and egcs 1.x but are actually invalid according to the relatively new ANSI C++ standard and thus fail on gcc 2.95.2. If you are really interested in learning more about the C compiler, e-mail obrien@FreeBSD.org, as he is Mr. C Compiler. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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