On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote: > I would like to propose this patch as a step toward building gcc using a > C++ compiler. This patch builds stage1 with the C compiler as usual, > and defaults to building stages 2 and 3 with a C++ compiler built during > stage 1. This means that the gcc installed and used by most people will > be built by a C++ compiler. This will ensure that gcc is fully > buildable with C++, while retaining the ability to bootstrap with only a > C compiler, not a C++ compiler. This will permit us to experiment with > optionally using C++ for some code, using a #ifdef to select the C > implementation or the C++ implementation. > > I would suggest that we consider releasing 4.7 this way, as a small > trial for building gcc with C++.
Do you build libstdc++ at stage1 also? That is what happens if you don't have a C++ compiler to begin with. Thanks, Andrew Pinski
