http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58289
--- Comment #2 from James K. Lowden <jklowden at schemamania dot org> --- (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #1) > GCC is now a C++ program even though it uses the .c file extension. Use > clang in C++ mode instead. Thank you, but the the problem is not completely solved. 1. This is not mentioned anywhere in http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html. 2. Not all .c files needed to build gcc are C++. Setting Clang to compile all files as C++ means libiberty cannot be compiled: ../../../libiberty/sha1.c:235:11: error: '<anonymous struct at ../../../libiberty/sha1.c:235:11>' can not be defined in a type specifier The compiler has precious little information to tell it what language to use. How to distinguish between C and C++ if not by the extension? Particularly in a project with both C and C++ source files among its build-time dependencies?
