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Re: [isocpp-ext] Can we expect that all C++ source files can have the same suffix?

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:08:06 +0000
  * Because build systems are not part of the ISO standards from WG21.

Compilers aren't part of the ISO standards from WG21, either!

-- Gaby

From: Ext <ext-bounces_at_[hidden]> On Behalf Of René Ferdinand Rivera Morell via Ext
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 6:49 AM
To: ISO C++ Tooling Study Group <sg15_at_[hidden]>
Cc: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>; Daniel Ruoso <daniel_at_[hidden]>; Tom Honermann <tom_at_[hidden]>; Evolution Working Group mailing list <ext_at_[hidden]>; Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]>; Nathan Sidwell <nathan_at_[hidden]>
Subject: Re: [isocpp-ext] [SG15] Can we expect that all C++ source files can have the same suffix?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 8:22 AM Daniel Ruoso via SG15 <sg15_at_[hidden]<mailto:sg15_at_[hidden]>> wrote:

Why do we need to coerce compilers into playing this role?

Because build systems are not part of the ISO standards from WG21. While we can't describe a build ecosystem in an ISO standard, C++ will need to be usable without the existence of anything except the "compiler".


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