Re: Not compilable with all warnings enabled "... throws different exceptions" (Bug in GNU Binutils)

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Marc Waeckerlin <address@hidden> writes:

> How can it be that a central part of GNU software, such as the binutils, is 
> in 
> so bad quality? Don't you try to compile everything with all warnings 
> enabled?

Of course we do.

What we don't do is compile everything with g++.  The binutils are
written in C and most of us program in C.  If C++ is something which
you care about, then I encourage you to get involved and to do it
yourself during the release process.

Note that libiberty.h is written to check various configure macros
when including declarations such as the ones you are complaining
about.  You can define those configure macros yourself.  I would
certainly be open to a better approach if you have one.  However,
libiberty.h must continue to work on a wide variety of host systems,
not just on GNU/Linux.

Ian