[Bug c++/117683] provide a way to remove all C++ class names from the binary

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org via Gcc-bugs]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=117683

--- Comment #11 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to R. Diez from comment #9)
> I am now curious about why GCC itself builds without RTTI. Is it really
> worth disabling it? Or is it only a policy decision like "the GCC source
> shall not use RTTI"?

It's not used, so generating RTTI is just unnecessary cost. 

> Does GCC itself disable C++ exceptions too?

Yes. They're not used (and that's a policy decision).