[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 2/2] egl: automake: don't link against libmesautil

[Emil Velikov]

On 25 August 2017 at 23:25, Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>
>> Originally required for the u_vector implementation, which was inlined
>> in u_vector.h with previous commit.
>>
>> Using libmesautil pulled the C++ runtime (string_to_uint_map.cpp),
>> which is something don't want to impose in our libEGL.
>>
>> We could consider rewriting string_to_uint_map in C, but that's too
>> invasive for a stable fix.
>
>
> A quick grep and it looks like the only users of string_to_uint_map are
> src/compiler/glsl and src/mesa which depends on src/compiler/glsl.  Why not
> just move string_to_uint_map into src/compiler/glsl or src/compiler until
> such a time as we actually have another user.  Don't get me wrong, I think
> string_to_uint_map is useful but I think the better option here is to
> disallow C++ in src/util.
>
Great idea, thanks.
I'm build testing for subtle breakages and will send a patch in a
couple of minutes.

-Emil