On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:11:06PM -0700, Andrew Pinski wrote: > On 4/2/07, Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If the Windows version of GCC has to recognize __declspec to function > >as a hosted compiler on Windows, then the work already needs to be done > >to implement it. So what's the harm in allowing it on other platforms? > >If it makes it easier for Windows programmers to move to free compilers > >and OSes, isn't that something that should be supported? > > The only problem is that we have to be bug compatiable with all > __declspec issues and having no documentation is going to make this > harder. This is why Intel/AMD really should define a real language > extension documentation for programming for SSE.
I believe __declspec in Intel C++ compiler comes from: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dabb5z75.aspx H.J.
