Hello,
On 10/11/2020 16:04, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Point in reference:
> you can build Linux applications in Visual Studio like _right now_ [*1*].
>
> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
> Footnote *1*: It currently uses GCC, but who says it always will?
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/linux/cmake-linux-project
When it comes to building C++ code MSVC uses Microsoft's C++ Standard
Library, and one of its stated non-goals[1] is being ported to other
systems. I assume the same applies for their C library. Therefore to me
a scenario where a future version of MSVC would build non-Windows code,
let alone for a big-endian architecture, seems extremely unlikely.
That said, I understand your overall point of view perfectly, and I'm
fine with either one of my patches being applied since the end result
today is the same.
- Daniel
[1] https://github.com/microsoft/STL#non-goals
