Re: [AL] COMPILING

[George F. <geo...@me...>]

On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 Xlo...@ao... wrote:

> In a message dated 11/28/98 8:01:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> geo...@me... writes:
> 
> >  > >  The c file:
> >  > try saving it as cc and using gxx
> >  
> >  Why?
> 
> sometimes it solves some problems

Those problems are very specific compile-time/link-time
problems, and this isn't one of them. :)

If you write C++ code in a .c file and it doesn't compile then
yes, that's the solution to the problem -- use a .cc file and
the C++ compiler.  If doing this seems to solve any other
problems, it probably isn't really solving them.  It's probably
just sweeping the real problem under the carpet.  Please don't
regard it as a generic, magic fix -- it isn't one.

In particular, using the C++ compiler instead of the C compiler
isn't a fix for run-time problems.  If it does seem to fix such
a problem, something else is wrong, which has probably just been
obscured by the fact that the C++ compiler optimises differently
and generates code differently.  Nine times out of ten this sort
of `fixed' bug resurfaces later on, when there's a lot more code
in the project, and this sort of bug tends to be very hard to
track down.  It's best to fix bugs thoroughly when you find
them. :)

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geo...@me...

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