[Python-Dev] Why is python linked with c++?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> What is ccpython.cc and why do I need it?  I don't see it used during
    >> the build process.

    Martin> It might be MAINOBJ, and it is located Modules. Whether it is on
    Martin> your system, I don't know - see configure.in.

I think you misunderstood what I wrote.  As far as I can tell, ccpython.cc
is not compiled when building python.exe on my Mac.  Accordingly, the link
step should use gcc, not c++.

    >> Regardless whether c++ is supposed to be used to link python.exe on
    >> Mac OS X or not, there is still a bug that needs fixing:

    Martin> Can you submit a patch? Apparently, configure determines that
    Martin> -Kthread is supported on your system. If it isn't, you should
    Martin> find out why the test testing for it succeeds.

The -Kthread thing is just a warning.  gcc/g++ complains but completes the
command, exiting with a 0 status.  I tried adding -Werror and -Wall to the
command line but the exit status was still 0.

I think you need different check than the usual command completion to
determine whether -Kthread should be given or not.  If you can suggest some
ways to do this with configure macros I will take a stab at it, but I don't
understand autoconf/configure well enough.  I suspect doing something like

    c++ -Kthread ... 2>&1 >/dev/null | egrep 'unrecognized option'

is too fragile, but that may be the only sort of solution available.

I took a quick look at a RH8 machine.  Its gcc doesn't understand -Kthreads
either.  Maybe it's a safe assumption that if $CC == gcc -Kthreads should
not be given.

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