Hi, In the build system I am working on we are looking at always performing the preprocessing and then C/C++ compilation as two separate gcc/g++ invocations. The main reason is support for distributed compilation but see here[1] for other reasons.
I realize that tools like ccache/distcc have been relying on this for a while (though see the 'direct' mode in ccache and 'pump' in distcc). However, some compilers apparently do not support this (for example, VC; see the above link for details). So I wonder, in the context of GCC, if this is just a hack that happens to work "for now" or if this is a feature that is expected to continue to work? Also, has anyone seen/heard of any real-world issues with compiling preprocessed source code? [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/6abi99/rfc_issues_with_separate_preprocess_and_compile/ Thanks, Boris
