Re: Re: [UnixOS2] libc

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 04:08:20PM +0200, Stefan Neis wrote:
> > > It doesn't. But if you want to be able to use C++, that needs some support
> > > deep in the internals of EMX.
> > 
> > Could you elaborate on this?
> 
> Not really, as I don't really know the details, so I'm just guessing.

Well, I doubt it very much that *any* support is needed.

> Anyway, exception handling with C++-code called from C-code (e.g. main())

Why main() should be the same for C and C++?  It is magical anyway...
Do gcc -S, and watch the output...

And the extern-"C"-function of C++ should not (by definition) pass
through any exceptions...

> > No, it is not.  At least not with most of them, who do not do any seek.
> 
> So why do I need the non-large-file enabled stuff at all?

???  If you want to read/read more than 2G, you *must* inform the OS
about this.  This is what DosOpenL() is about.

> > The situation is not that simple.  Your forgot about linking with old
> > libraries.

> For C++ that's routinely broken with every gcc update, so I don't feel
> a big urge to go through hoops to avoid doing it _once_ for C as well.

For all the third-party libraries on your system?  You just can't.
Some part of them won't recompile - even if you have the source -
would would not hold for some of them.

Hope this helps,
Ilya