[cfe-dev] Clang for Windows and Boost

[Ahmed Charles]

Just to clarify, my question was simply whether clang exception
handling works on windows period, which it seems it doesn't.

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Edward Diener
<eldlistmailingz at tropicsoft.com> wrote:
> On 3/18/2011 11:23 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
>> John McCall<rjmccall at apple.com>  writes:
>>
>>>> Structured Exception Handling != C++ exceptions.
>>>
>>> Yes, but "Windows" means the Microsoft C++ implementation unless
>>> otherwise specified (moreso because the question was asking about MSVC),
>>> and none of the other EH implementations interoperate with that.
>>
>> I don't think the OP was asking about MSVC interoperability at the ABI
>> level. He just wanted to build and run his code.
>
> Exactly. If I can use clang with MingW on Windows, that would be fine
> with me. Currently I can compile gcc on Windows using MingW. The Boost
> toolset for gcc on Windows, using MingW, just works when I specify 'gcc'
> or some version of gcc, such as 'gcc-4.5.2', and the program under MingW
> is in my PATH or I specify where it is in the Boost user-config.jam.
> Similarly, outside Boost, I can invoke 'gcc' or 'g++' from within a
> MingW environment. In both cases the necessary header files and
> libraries are found.
>
> If clang could eventually do the same I, and I amgine other Windows
> programmers, would be most pleased. I am not interested that clang
> should go through contortions to support VC++ header files/libraries,
> but if that happens it would also be fine. But it seems to me that clang
> running under MingW is a reasonable goal for the clang developers
> considering that gcc running under MingW is a reality.
>
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