Clang can (mostly) emulate gcc, while the reverse is not true. I would say default to gcc as well.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Bill Deegan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd say on linux default to gcc. > If we add clang tools the user can always override them if they wish to. > > -Bill > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 3:58 PM, William Blevins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Im not sure what percentage of linux devs use clang vs gcc, but my >> personal experience is gcc is more widely used. >> >> Yet another gcc user, >> William >> On Jan 5, 2015 6:51 PM, "Russel Winder" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 13:48 +0100, Paweł Tomulik wrote: >>> […] >>> > I have a project where I just set construction variables CC=clang and >>> > CXX=clang++ and it works well (I check existence of these compilers >>> with >>> > SConf, so I don't need the Tool machinery to search for the compiler >>> > executables). >>> > >>> > Some time ago I also wrote these two tools: >>> > >>> > https://github.com/ptomulik/scons-tool-clang >>> > https://github.com/ptomulik/scons-tool-clangpp >>> > >>> > but for some (forgotten) reason I don't use them :) >>> >>> This may work fine, but if SCons does not have tools called clang, clang >>> ++, clanglink *AND* detection of clang for the cc, c++ and link tools, >>> then SCons has no credible support for Clang. >>> >>> My real question is whether SCons should prefer clang over gcc for >>> Linux. >>> >>> -- >>> Russel. >>> >>> ============================================================================= >>> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: >>> sip:[email protected] >>> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] >>> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Scons-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Scons-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Scons-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev > > -- *Michael Jarvis* McKinney, TX USA http://about.me/michael.a.jarvis
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