Am 04.08.2012 15:53, schrieb Stefan Behnel:
So, if a C++ compiler takes a .c file and compiles it with C language semantics, it doesn't qualify as a C compiler? That implies a rather weird definition of a C compiler, I'd say.
I'd say that even a brainfuck compiler compiling a .py file with C language semantics can shamelessly call itself a C compiler. :P
If a C++ compiler is given C code, it may or may not produce equivalent executables. In most non-trivial cases it will just barf on the valid C / invalid C++ code and refuse to compile it. In few rare cases, it will compile the code and produce different behaviour at runtime (e.g. for "sizeof 'a'").
Uli -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
