clang 1.5 forces linkage to C++ for non-C++ source file
Originator: | jalkut | ||
Number: | rdar://8230225 | Date Originated: | 23-Jul-2010 08:22 PM |
Status: | Open | Resolved: | |
Product: | Developer Tools | Product Version: | Xcode 3.2.3 |
Classification: | Serious Bug | Reproducible: | Always |
The popular RegExKitLite open source project apparently exposes a bug in clang 1.5 causing it to apply the C++ personality to the source file, even though C++ is not specified on that command line, and even though the source file in question does not contain C++ code. The attached sample project exercises the problem, just open and build to observe that RegExKitLite.m is compiled using an objective-C flavor command-line invocation of clang, but that the resulting .o file ends up referencing stdc++ symbols. This is a problem for anybody who is using Clang LLVM to compile RegExKitLite. I don't know of any workaround short of linking with stdc++, which is a pretty undesirable concession to make in an otherwise C++ free project. The current top-of-trunk clang builds from the open source svn repository do not exhibit this bug. See also my blog post on the subject: http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1345/regexkit-clang
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