[Openmp-dev] Removing spec versioning from the OpenMP runtime

[Jeff Hammond via Openmp-dev]

My opinion should be given very low weight but this sounds like a great
plan.

Jeff

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 11:13 AM Wilmarth, Terry L via Openmp-dev <
openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We’re considering removing all of the spec versioning in the runtime.
> This is the set of spec-version-numbered #ifdefs throughout the runtime
> (such as OMP_40_ENABLED, OMP_45_ENABLED, OMP_50_ENABLED, etc.) that make it
> possible to build earlier versions of the runtime that are compliant with a
> certain spec version, via LIBOMP_OMP_VERSION.
>
>
>
> The main reasons to remove this:
>
> 1)      No one seems to be using the spec-version builds.
>
> 2)      The #ifdefs are often not well-maintained or correctly added.
>
> 3)      The #ifdefs add clutter to the source.
>
>
>
> We’d like to get some feedback on removing this.  If we’re generally in
> agreement that it should be removed, we’ll start work on the cleanup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terry
>
> Terry L. Wilmarth
> terry.l.wilmarth at intel.com   512-362-0530
> Intel/Threading Runtimes
>
>
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