[Python-Dev] C++ for CPython 3? (Re: str.count is slow) (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Fri Mar 3 09:51:49 CET 2006

"martin" == martin <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

martin> I don't understand. How can you use a C++ compiler, but
martin> not the C++ language?

An abbreviation for "those features that aren't in C".

martin> As the recent const dilemma shows, C99 and C++98 have,
martin> unfortunately, different interpretations of "const" (with
martin> the C interpretation being more strict).

Yeah, that's really unfortunate. I suppose we'll probably run into it fairly quickly.

Nevertheless, the restriction to programs that are both legal C89 and legal C++ of similar vintage has paid off for us, in the sense that we went from GCC 2.95 to GCC 3.4 without having significant problems where the compiler suddenly decided our code was unacceptable. (Similar experience with other vendors' compilers.) Recently we've seen a significant rise in warnings that need to be fixed, and occasional errors, as GCC 4.x has become more common.

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