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D.gnu - Error on Linux PPC - unsigned char

reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Background:
The "char" type on Linux for PowerPC is unsigned...
(they are signed on the X86, and also on Mac OS X)
If you want it signed, you must say "signed char"

So when building on e.g. Yellow Dog Linux there
is a -fsigned-char flag added to CFLAGS, to make
the code behave the same as it does on Linux X86.

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#index-fsigned_002dchar-111

Unfortunately, GDC does *not* accept this flag:

 command line option "-fsigned-char" is valid
 for C/C++/ObjC/ObjC++ but not for D


When not adding this flag, it gives a few errors
later on - when trying to build the Phobos library.
(the error output from make is in the attachment)

Hopefully this restriction on GDC can be lifted ?

--anders
Jan 16 2005
next sibling parent reply David Friedman <d3rdclsmail_a_ _t_earthlink_d_._t_net> writes:
Anders F Björklund wrote:

 Background:
 The "char" type on Linux for PowerPC is unsigned...
 (they are signed on the X86, and also on Mac OS X)
 If you want it signed, you must say "signed char"
 
 So when building on e.g. Yellow Dog Linux there
 is a -fsigned-char flag added to CFLAGS, to make
 the code behave the same as it does on Linux X86.
 
 http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#index-
signed_002dchar-111 
 
 
 Unfortunately, GDC does *not* accept this flag:
 

 command line option "-fsigned-char" is valid
 for C/C++/ObjC/ObjC++ but not for D


 
 
 When not adding this flag, it gives a few errors
 later on - when trying to build the Phobos library.
 (the error output from make is in the attachment)
 
 Hopefully this restriction on GDC can be lifted ?
 
 --anders
 
 
 
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 gdc -o std/loader.o -g -frelease -O2  -nostdinc -I ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos
-I ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/internal/gc -c
../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/std/loader.d
 ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/std/loader.d:413: function
gcc.builtins.__builtin_strlen (ubyte*) does not match argument types (char*)
 ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/std/loader.d:413: cannot implicitly convert
expression err of type char* to ubyte*
 make: *** [std/loader.o] Error 1
 gdc -o internal/dmain2.o -g -frelease -O2  -nostdinc -I
../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos -I ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/internal/gc -c
../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/internal/dmain2.d
 ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/internal/dmain2.d:95: function
gcc.builtins.__builtin_strlen (ubyte*) does not match argument types (char*)
 ../gcc-3.4.3/gcc/d/phobos/internal/dmain2.d:95: cannot implicitly convert
expression argv[i] of type char* to ubyte*
 make: *** [internal/dmain2.o] Error 1


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I should be able to fix this so that it won't be necessary to specify 
the flag at all.  Ideally, it shouldn't be needed because D specifies 
that characters are unsigned.

David
Jan 17 2005
parent =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
David Friedman wrote:


 I should be able to fix this so that it won't be necessary to specify 
 the flag at all.  Ideally, it shouldn't be needed because D specifies 
 that characters are unsigned.


If you could make it silently accept the flag too, that'd be awesome!
(since it's in the default %{optflags} for RPM, it would be easier...)

It shouldn't be needed for D code, just for the C glue (and GCC is OK)
--anders
Jan 17 2005
prev sibling parent reply Marco <Marco_member pathlink.com> writes:
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Background:
The "char" type on Linux for PowerPC is unsigned...
(they are signed on the X86, and also on Mac OS X)
If you want it signed, you must say "signed char"

So when building on e.g. Yellow Dog Linux there
is a -fsigned-char flag added to CFLAGS, to make
the code behave the same as it does on Linux X86.


I think using default char is just bad practice. You either want an 8 bit
integer (signed) or an 8 bit character (unsigned) variable.
Jan 17 2005
parent =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Marco wrote:


 I think using default char is just bad practice. You either want an 8 bit
 integer (signed) or an 8 bit character (unsigned) variable. 


It's bad in the same way that the default int is bad,
you either want a short (16-bit) or a long (32-bit)...

In current practice, char's are signed and int's 32-bit
In theory, it shouldn't matter which - or be specified.


Fortunately, all D integers have specified signs and widths.
It's just strings and booleans and reals that vary in size... ;-)

--anders
Jan 17 2005