[cfe-dev] libc++ and the Intel compiler

[Douglas Gregor]

On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:58 AM, Guy Davidson wrote:

> I work on OSX and Windows platforms and must use the Intel compiler.  Assuming it’s necessary for standard runtime library support, I would like to build libc++ on the OSX platform using the Intel compiler. 

FWIW, It shouldn't matter which compiler builds libc++. If you're on Mac OS X Lion, the libc++ dylib is already available on the system.

> This seems non-trivial at first glance: changing $CXX to icc and running ./buildit yields a pile of errors in algorithm.cpp and compilation is aborted.
>  
> Has anyone tried this?  Is it a fool’s errand or is it a worthwhile use of time expanding the range of compilers that can build libc++?  Is anyone already on it, and if so would you like some help?


libc++ should work with any decent C++0x compiler, and it's definitely worthwhile to fix libc++ so that it can build with icc.

	- Doug
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/attachments/20110825/3962457d/attachment.html>