RE: [PATCH 1/2] config: Use G++ as C++ compiler

["Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>]

> From: Tyler Retzlaff [mailto:roretzla@linux.microsoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 18.06
> 
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 07:07:12AM +0200, Stanisław Kardach wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 9:53 PM Tyler Retzlaff
> > <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > -cpp = ['ccache', 'arm-linux-gnueabihf-cpp']
> > > > +cpp = ['ccache', 'arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++']
> > >
> > > suggest the variable should be 'cxx' not 'cpp' (to be consistent
> with
> > > other build systems in the linux world)
> > The variable name is mandated by meson as it names C++ language "cpp"
> > in other places:
> > https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#language-arguments-
> parameter-names
> 
> unfortunate the meson folks didn't do their research.

Yes. But they seem to try to correct it... e.g. OBJCPP_LD was renamed to OBJCXX_LD.

Not sure how much it means, but CPP usually refers to the C Pre Processor.

Just my 2 cents. Whatever is fine.

> 
> thanks for clarifying, you can disregard my suggestion then.
> 
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Stanisław Kardach