Re: Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation

"Alex (Waffl3x)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gcc.devel
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On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM Martin Uecker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A C library you can usually be used everywhere without much trouble,
> including various kernel, embedded, and free-standing contexts. So
> this usually provides more value to users.  This may be irrelevant for
> libgomp though.
>
> Martin

C++ supports specifying language linkage with extern "C", the interface
of a library does not need to match its implementation. Which is also
what is being proposed here to avoid breaking ABI.

Alex
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