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Re: Get rid of underscore.c
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:57:52AM +0100, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On 12 Sep 2002 19:42:36 +0100, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > But why should G++ have its own demangler ? Why not use the binutils one
> > ? (Possible answer: because the G++ guys want to control the demangler ?)
>
> Precisely. The demangler frequently needs to change to reflect changes in
> the compiler. If the demangler is part of the compiler package, updating
> one involves updating the other. If it's in binutils, that means I need to
> update binutils to deal with a compiler issue, something I currently only
> do every few months. My life was made easier when c++filt moved to gcc.
>
How about this? Move cxxfilt.c to libiberty, but never compile it in
libiberty. Buy default, binutils will compile cxxfilt in its binutils
directory. In gcc, we add --enable-cxxfilt/--with-cxxfilt, which is
off by default, to enable cxxfilt in gcc. G++ developers can configure
gcc with --enable-cxxfilt/--with-cxxfilt. Everyone should be happy.
H.J.