On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 05:02:11PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Russ Allbery (2014-10-28 17:20:02) at debian-vote@l.d.o > > For the compiler, all of Debian is built with GCC, but some teams do > > test builds with Clang and report bugs, which most maintainers merge > > and some don't. > > Speaking of which: Is it Policy or just habit to use GCC over Clang?
* portability: Clang is available only on 13/22 architectures in Debian (counting first and second class ports). * speed of generated code * quality of generated debug info This is ambivalent: * quality of error messages Clang has put more effort into C++ templates, but tends to be as good or worse generally. It's sometimes as bad as giving a cryptic message while not providing a line number at all. This is where Clang wins: * speed of compilation For a binary distribution like Debian, GCC's pros win, with lack of portability being nearly disqualifying. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141030025549.ga31...@angband.pl