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Re: [RFC] Enable compilation by Makefile for the MSVC toolchain

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 18, 2009, 21:53 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0908182349220.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote:
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> Johan 't Hart said the following on 18.08.2009 19:41:
> > Junio C Hamano schreef:
> > > Since use of make implies use of shell, this makes me wonder if it
> > > would make sense to go one step further by giving msvc users a thin
> > > shell wrapper mcvc-cc that turns bog-standard cc command line into
> > > whatever cl uses.
> > 
> > Just using the msvc toolchain for building git misses the whole
> > purpose of what VC is used for. MSVC would be used because of the
> > IDE, not for the compiler IMO.
> 
> Bull. MSVC produces superior code on Windows compared to MinGW, I'm afraid.
> Add the /LTGC (Link Time Code Generation), and MSVC generates very good cross
> compile-unit optimized code. (I know gcc has the option, but it's not as good,
> by far)
> Coupled now with built-in static code analysis, these are only two reasons why
> *I* would want to build it directly from the command line without worrying
> that my .vcproj is out-of-sync with the main development.
> You can still debug with the MSVC debugger if you'd like, and the MSVC IDE
> allows you to wrap Makefile project too, so you can *still* use the IDE..

Well, "you can *still* use the IDE" is a bit exaggerated, no? At least unless you misunderstand "IDE" to mean "Integrated Debugging environment".

You'll lose not only the ability to follow definitions/declarations in the code, you'll also lose the ability to compile incrementally _while_ debuggin, and Visual Studio's feature to move to the next/previous compile error.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 50 of 91 in “Add miss git-compat-util.h at regex.c and fnmatch.c Add git-compat-util.h to enable build at MSVC environment”
  1. 06/11 Add miss git-compat-util.h at regex.c and fnmatch.c Add git-compat-util.h to enable build at MSVC environmentFrank Li, Aug 17, 2009
  2. 07/11 Add O_BINARY flag to open flag at mingw.cFrank Li, Aug 17, 2009
  3. 08/11 Place __stdcall to correct position.Frank Li, Aug 17, 2009
  4. 09/11 Add MSVC porting header files.Frank Li, Aug 17, 2009
  5. 10/11 Add MSVC Project fileFrank Li, Aug 17, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  7. Paolo BonziniAug 17, 2009
  8. Erik Faye-LundAug 17, 2009
  9. Paolo BonziniAug 17, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  11. Paolo BonziniAug 17, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  13. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  14. Reece DunnAug 17, 2009
  15. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  16. Reece DunnAug 17, 2009
  17. Johan 't HartAug 17, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  19. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  21. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  22. Paolo BonziniAug 17, 2009
  23. Thiago FarinaAug 17, 2009
  24. Thiago FarinaAug 17, 2009
  25. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  26. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  27. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  28. Johan 't HartAug 17, 2009
  29. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  31. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  32. [RFC] Enable compilation by Makefile for the MSVC toolchainMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 18, 2009
  33. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 18, 2009
  34. Erik Faye-LundAug 18, 2009
  35. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  36. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 18, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  38. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 18, 2009
  39. Daniel BarkalowAug 18, 2009
  40. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  41. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2009
  42. Johan 't HartAug 18, 2009
  43. Reece DunnAug 18, 2009
  44. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 18, 2009
  45. Paolo BonziniAug 18, 2009
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2009
  47. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 18, 2009
  48. Johan 't HartAug 18, 2009
  49. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 18, 2009
  50. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  51. Erik Faye-LundAug 18, 2009
  52. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  53. Erik Faye-LundAug 18, 2009
  54. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2009
  55. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 19, 2009
  56. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2009
  57. Thomas BergAug 19, 2009
  58. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 19, 2009
  59. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2009
  60. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 19, 2009
  61. Erik Faye-LundAug 19, 2009
  62. Joshua JensenAug 19, 2009
  63. Daniel BarkalowAug 18, 2009
  64. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 18, 2009
  65. Thiago FarinaAug 17, 2009
  66. Thiago FarinaAug 17, 2009
  67. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  68. Thiago FarinaAug 17, 2009
  69. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  70. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  71. CMake, was Re: [PATCH 09/11] Add MSVC porting header files.Johannes Schindelin, Aug 17, 2009
  72. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  73. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  74. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  75. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  76. Reece DunnAug 17, 2009
  77. Pau Garcia i QuilesAug 17, 2009
  78. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2009
  79. Frank LiAug 18, 2009
  80. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  81. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2009
  82. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  83. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2009
  84. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  85. Frank LiAug 18, 2009
  86. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  87. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  88. Frank LiAug 18, 2009
  89. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2009
  90. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2009
  91. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2009

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