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Re: Don't extensions still work? (Was: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++))

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gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes:

> In article <864l29ifqm.fsf@mailhub.linuxsc.com>,
> Tim Rentsch  <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
> ...
>
>> Forgive me if this is a dumb question.  Is there some reason
>> you have to use gcc in the first step?  How about doing this
>> instead:
>>
>>    g++ -x c   -c *.c
>>    g++ -x c++ -c *.cpp
>>    g++        -o prog *.o
>>
>> Substituting clang for g++ should also work here.  Disclaimer:  I
>> haven't verified anything beyond confirming that both g++ and
>> clang accept the -x c and -x c++ options.
>
> I didn't even think you needed the -x option, as long as your
> files have recognized extensions.  [...]

For things like C and C++, which have widely recognized ISO
standards, I don't mind taking the established rules as being
authoritative, and acting accordingly.

For tools like gcc or g++ or clang, which depend on the whims of
whichever developers happen to be contributing, and which easily
may change from one version to another, my usual practice is to
spell things out more explicitly.  Here I think it helps convey
the point if the -x c and -x c++ options are made explicit rather
than being left as implied.

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Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 04:09 -0700
  Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-08-20 12:25 +0100
    Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 04:34 -0700
      Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Chris Vine <chris@cvine--nospam--.freeserve.co.uk> - 2019-08-21 01:07 +0100
    Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-08-20 15:50 -0700
      Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-08-21 00:27 +0100
  Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2019-08-20 14:05 +0200
  Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-08-20 14:10 +0200
  Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-08-20 15:58 -0700
  Re: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-08-22 04:47 -0700
    Don't extensions still work? (Was: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++)) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-08-22 12:12 +0000
      Re: Don't extensions still work? (Was: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++)) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-08-22 15:08 +0200
      Re: Don't extensions still work? (Was: Trying to be generic with the linker (ld instead of g++)) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-08-22 12:57 -0700

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