10.9 and compiler

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Nov 17, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> wrote:

> On Nov 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 17 Nov 2013, at 9:07pm, Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Can we not use blacklists on 10.9?  Do we need to always use clang?  Or is that only for C++ code that we have to use clang?
>> 
>> On 10.9, clang is the only system compiler. So for OSX 10.9, you need to use clang, for C C++, Obj-C etc.
> 
> Thanks.  Technically, one could use gcc for C code, since it doesn’t link against any C++ runtime???

Strictly speaking, MacPorts GCC is okay for C++ projects that don't export objects or use external objects. It's also fine for C.

Of course, the goal is to get all ports to compile properly with Clang.

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