Bug#121425: marked as done (RFP: gxxcompat -- compatibility library for porting C++ code between g++ versions)
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Subject: ITP: gxxcompat - compatibility library for porting C++ code between
g++ versions
From: Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>
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The new g++ 3.0 and libstdc++3 adhere more strictly to the C++ standard
than have previous versions of g++, and many of the extensions in g++
are now gone. Consequently, there is a lot of C++ code that doesn't
compile with g++ 3. Furthermore, some versions of g++ had bugs, missing
library features, and the like, and some incompatible extensions have
crept into g++ 3.
This is already causing a problem with the hppa port, which is lagging
on its build percentage because of its lack of a g++ 2.x (among other
reasons). Furthermore, it could very easily cause a greater problem for
whichever Debian release chooses to abandon gcc versions less than 3.
Gxxcompat aims to help mitigate this problem. It consists of a set of
autoconf macros and a library. The autoconf macros detect the state of
various incompatibilities and extensions in g++ versions; the library
provides implementations of some of those extensions for versions that
don't have them.
Use of the library in source code should go something like this:
// Get your autoconf macros defined.
#include "config.h"
// Define what extensions this source file needs.
#define GXXCOMPAT_NEEDS_FSTREAM_FD
// Pull the extensions in.
#include <gxxcompat.h>
It's almost definitely incomplete, but the cases that are implemented
all work. It's not going to get any more complete by me holding on to
it, so I intend to upload it and let people start using it. A few small
bugs, some more documentation, and Debian packaging are all that remain
to finish before the first version can be uploaded.
If I get time, I'd like to write an autoconf-style analysis tool that
will do most of the heavy lifting for lazy maintainers and overworked
porters. :-)
I wrote the library, so I am both the upstream and Debian maintainer.
The license is BSD-style (the changes amount to replacing the
UCB-specific bits with references to me). It's not available yet; its
official "upstream" release will be its installation into unstable.
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This RFP is very old and with GCC 3.3 being the default
compiler for C++ this software is no longer useful.
Cheers,
Moritz
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