[cfe-dev] Clang and glibc 2.25 incompatibilities?

[Philippe Proulx via cfe-dev]

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via cfe-dev
<cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 10:31:54AM -0400, Philippe Proulx via cfe-dev wrote:
>> Why does Clang define __GNUC__ by default?
>
> Because it creates less problems than the alternatives. There is a lot
> of code in the wild that essentially assumes a random version of gcc for
> a lot of code. Given that Clang is implementing almost all the GCC
> extensions of GCC 4.2.1, it claims to be that version. It means a bit
> more work for newer code, but avoids breaking a lot of older code.
>
>> What's the real solution here?
>
> Create a bug report against glibc.

Is it really a glibc issue? The header uses a GNU statement expression
when __GNUC__ is defined. Clang defines __GNUC__, but with -pedantic
it complains that I'm using a GNU extension. In other words Clang pretends
to be GCC by default, but complains when exposed to GCC extensions.

I don't think glibc is doing anything wrong here.

Phil

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> Joerg
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