[Python-Dev] Linux Python linking with G++?

[David Abrahams]

Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Apparently Python on some linux distros is being linked by g++ rather
>> than gcc, resulting in the C++ runtime library being linked into
>> Python; this has bad consequences for compatibility between C++
>> extension modules and Pythons that have been built with different
>> versions of GCC.  Is this behavior intentional?
>
> Configure with --without-cxx to not use g++.  Since there is an option
> in configure, I assume it is intentional.

O-kay... any idea what the rationale for this decision might be?

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Dave Abrahams
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