Re: Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation

"Richard Earnshaw \(foss\) via Gcc" <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2026 16:29:52 +0100

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On 08/05/2026 13:23, Alex (Waffl3x) wrote:
> 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

That may not be enough if you end up depending on libstdc++ during linking.

R.