FYI: A new C++ demangler

[H. J. Lu]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:29:54PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2003, "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> wrote:
> 
> > The demangler configure tests if $(CC) can be used for linking.
> 
> For linking the demangler code into an application?

Yes.

> 
> > I hope when the new features are added to gcc, there is an option to
> > disable it if needed.
> 
> What part of `other C++ compilers' do I need to explain further? :-)
> 

The demangler configure makes sure the resulting .o is 100% binary
compatible with $(CC) before enabling the new demangler. You have
nothing to lose if you don't have a "working" C++ compiler.


H.J.