[cfe-dev] libc++abi on linux

[Konstantin Tokarev]

> On Jul 8, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Ben Pope wrote:
> 
>> On Monday, July 09, 2012 08:49 AM, "C. Bergström" wrote:
>>
>>> libcxxrt + libunwind is the way to go imho
>>> https://github.com/pathscale/libcxxrt
>>> https://github.com/pathscale/libunwind
>>>
>>> These have been tested to work with clang - Admittedly the build process
>>> may not be straight forward, but if enough interest maybe we solve that
>>
>> It would be nice to have a documented/tested/working way of compiling
>> *and linking* programs using libc++/clang/llvm on linux, it seems that
>> libc++abi is pretty close to getting that working.
>>
>> This comes up on the list every couple of months and libcxxrt/libunwind
>> are usually suggested over libc++abi.
> 
> Actually, the only people that suggest that are the pathscale folks.

Is it NIH, or you think that libc++abi is technically superior as compared to
libcxxrt?

To my understanding, libcxxrt is better geared towards FreeBSD and Linux,
while main target of libc++abi is Mac OS X. Why not use these libraries on 
their "native" platforms?


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Regards,
Konstantin