> In this case, I argue that this code is always compiled with a C > compiler, and should never be compiled by a C++ compiler. Therefore, > I believe it is wrong for this code to be compiled with the > -Wc++-compat warning enabled. This should be fixed somewhere in the > configure script and/or Makefile.
I agree. Aren't there some potential nasty problems here with the shared libgcc being compiled with a C++ compiler and the ABI changing one day? (The C ABI, could, too, but it's much less likely.) Ben