Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Problems when installing GEC

[Wolfgang J. <wj...@so...>]

Eric Bezault wrote:
>
> BTW, what platform are you using?
It's an (formerly DEC) alpha under OSF1. OK, it is a rare platform nowadays.
Anyway, the best C compiler there I'm aware of is the "cc".
>
>>
>> Just for curiosity, what is "gevoid" good for? Its definition seems
>>
> 'gevoid' is the result of the code optimizer.
> corresponding Eiffel code, no matter what, this call will result in
> a call on Void target. For example:
>
>      local
>         s: STRING
>      do
>         s.append_string ("gobo")
>
> 'gevoid' is then emitted instead of the call.
Now, I understand. What about issuing a compiler warning
stimulating the programmer to eleminate the awkward construct?
>
> You will have to configure gec to use cc as C compiler. See
> section "Back-end C compiler" in:
>
>    http://www.gobosoft.com/eiffel/gobo/gec/usage.html
>
I did so and compilation was successful.

The attachments contain the configuration file for use
of the "cc" on alpha platforms and the adapted "install.sh".

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Wolfgang Jansen
University of Potsdam, Germany
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