IBM rebranded its VisualAge compiler to XL starting at version 8.0. We
use the compiler id "XL" for newer versions and "VisualAge" for older
versions. We now also recognize the "z/OS" compiler, which is distinct
from XL.
Some SGI compilers define _SGI_COMPILER_VERSION in addition to the old
_COMPILER_VERSION preprocessor symbol. It is more distinctive, so we
should check it in case the old one is ever removed.
Compiler INFO strings built at preprocessing time encode information
that must appear as a string literal in the resulting binary. We must
make sure the strings appear in the final binary no matter what compiler
and flags are used. The previous implementation worked in most places
but failed with the GNU linker's --gc-sections option which managed to
discard the string. Instead we make the program return value depend on
an element of the string indexed by a runtime program parameter, which
absolutely requires the string to be present.
- Split INFO strings in source into multiple pieces
to make sure assembly or other listings produced
by the compiler are never matched by the regex
- Store INFO strings via pointer instead of array
to convince some compilers to store the string
literally in the binary
- This should help make it work for sdcc 2.8.0 RC1
- Write a single source file into the compiler id directory
- This avoid requiring the compiler to behave correctly with
respect to include rules and the current working directory
- Helps to identify cross-compiling toolchains with unusual
default behavior
Brad King
Bill Hoffman