GNU bug report logs - #15739
Doesn't support clang as well as it could.

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Matt Sicker <boards <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Merged with 15741

Done: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Matt Sicker <boards <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15739: Doesn't support clang as well as it could.
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:35:37 +0100

Hi,

Matt Sicker <boards <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> There are plenty of macros that only check for GNU GCC and don't bother
> checking support from other popular compilers. For example, in
> libguile/__scm.h, the macros SCM_NORETURN, SCM_UNUSED, SCM_EXPECT, and many
> more, all only check for GCC support. Most (if not all) of these language
> extensions are supported by Clang, and usually using the same exact syntax!

Doesn’t Clang still define __GNUC__?  If it does, then it has to behave
like GCC, and thus nothing Clang-specific needs to be added.

Ludo’.
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