[PATCH 1 of 2] libc/eglibc: [OS X] Don't Use __block as a Name of an Argument

[Yann E. MORIN]

Philip, All,

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 05:25:31PM +0200, Philip Belemezov wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Philip Belemezov <philip@belemezov.net>
> # Date 1364300812 -7200
> # Node ID fcdf7fc7fd1c00715c3d9651ff00d805ecfb8aa8
> # Parent  0fc56e62cecf07e4cdaf866ee24d6893c4ade436
> libc/eglibc: [OS X] Don't Use __block as a Name of an Argument
> 
> Apple's GCC defines __block as
> 
> #define __block __attribute__((__blocks__(byref)))
> 
> which causes compilation to fail (attribute cannot be applied to argument).

I do not understand why this patch is needed at all: we're not building
(e)glibc with the Apple-patched native gcc, but with a plain gcc that we
just build ourselves in the process.

Unless I missed something... Can you elaborate, please?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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