Re: compilation errors from Xcode's new standard library

[David Kastrup]

Joseph Rushton Wakeling <address@hidden> writes:

> On 03/11/13 10:09, Mike Solomon wrote:
>> Looks like some files in flower don't play nice with the most recent
>> version of the standard library bundled with Xcode…
>>
>> Any ideas for how to proceed?
>
> If I understand right (I'm not a Mac user), latest Xcode has clang as
> default compiler, and symlinks the gcc/g++ commands to clang/clang++.

The error messages strongly suggest Clang, yes.

> So, these errors most likely arise because Lilypond compilation has
> never been tested with clang (apologies if I'm wrong, but I imagine
> Lilypond development has always assumed GCC).

We committed a few Clang-related fixes in the past, I think mostly due
to Graham's insistence/testing, but I think at some point of time the
"compile with Clang" ambition just faded.

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David Kastrup