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Re: Will GDB be rewritten in C++ (again)

From: Phi Debian <phi dot debian at gmail dot com>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
Cc: "gdb at sourceware dot org" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 19:08:47 +0200
Subject: Re: Will GDB be rewritten in C++ (again)
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References: <CAJOr74iEEjW-eOtPT7OnpKZMmi4b2eJjEvPkozTmFao804EaGw@mail.gmail.com> <20170802145418.pqe6a7tmw4nrecjp@adacore.com>

Thanx Joel, I since then built the 8.0 and you right this is all c++
compiled, mangling the all thing in libgdb.a, double checked with
nm(1).

Cheers
Phi

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> So my question is, does this rewrite of GDB in C++ has been shelved or
>> is is still going?
>
> Starting with GDB 8.0, building GDB now requires a C++-11 compiler.
> With 7.12, it tries to use a C++ compiler by default, but you can
> force it back to using a C compiler at configure time.
>
> --
> Joel

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- Will GDB be rewritten in C++ (again)
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- Re: Will GDB be rewritten in C++ (again)
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