Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes: > It seems a little weird to me that clang defines __GNUC__, but I > assume there are good reasons for it.
The thing is that "gcc" is as much a language dialect these days as it is a compiler implementation, and many other compilers, including clang, explicitly try to implement that dialect (clang goes even further by trying to be compatible in other ways, e.g. command-line syntax, but that's not relevant here). __GNUC__ is a way many programs try to detect the presence of a compiler that implements that dialect, they have little choice but to define it... -Miles -- Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
