+ --with-cxx=<compiler>: Some C++ compilers require that main() is + compiled with the C++ if there is any C++ code in the application. + Specifically, g++ on a.out systems may require that to support + construction of global objects. With this option, the main() function + of Python will be compiled with <compiler>; use that only if you + plan to use C++ extension modules, and if your compiler requires + compilation of main() as a C++ program.

Thanks for documenting this; see my continued reservation in the (reopened) bug report. Another question remains regarding the docs though: why is it bad to always compile main.c with a C++ compiler? --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)