ImageMagick : Request for a new variant

[MaurizioLoreti]

Well, toe Apple compilers (default in OS X 10.9 Mavericks) clang/clang++ are not completely compatible with my source code; I am developing on OS X C++ programs, to be linked with IM libraries, that could be compiled on other platforms using gcc/g++. But the C++ name mangling scheme for clang++ are different, and since IM C++ shared and static libraries are compiled with clang++ I am forced to use that compiler.

Since the port for ImageMagick is first downloaded as source code, and then configured, built and installed - could it be possible to add a new variant, maybe +gcc, so that the compiler used by the port is gcc/g++ and not clang/clang++ ? Since IM is primarily developed on a Linux environment, the package should be ready for compilation with gcc/g++ without any change to the source code.

If that request is too difficult to implement, please let me know.

[MaurizioLoreti]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #41126.

Not going to unnecessarily add variants to build with gcc, sorry. clang is the future, and the future is now.