Re: [Tinycc-devel] Proposal to allow tcc to compile header files

[Christian Jullien]

Tcc already accepts –x option which is compatible with gcc. If no –x c option is supplied, gcc compiles a .h as if it was a .c file but tcc complains.

So, tcc will be more compatible with gcc if it does the same (i.e. w.o. –x c option).

 

$ gcc -x c foo.h –o foo

$ tcc -x c foo.h –o foo

 

To be complete, it should also support –Tc option on Windows which is what VC++ does to compile any extension as a C file.

 

c:>cl -nologo -Tc foo.h

foo.h

 

C.

 

From: Tinycc-devel [mailto:tinycc-devel-bounces+eligis=orange.fr@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Williams
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 07:59
To: tinycc-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [Tinycc-devel] Proposal to allow tcc to compile header files

 

I've noticed some programs (eg strace) fail to compile with tcc because they try to compile a header and tcc fails with "unrecognized file type". Compiling the header as if it was a ".c" seems like a safe thing to do and is a simple patch.

Any objections/concerns? I'm not trying to defend/encourage the act of compiling headers, but would prefer to not have to patch all the offending packages if it could be avoided.