Using GNU extension

[Masatake YAMATO]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:58:52 +0300, "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 02:26:46PM +0900, Masatake YAMATO wrote:
>> 
>> I found following lines in config.h.in:
>> 
>>     /* Enable GNU extensions on systems that have them.  */
>>     #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
>>     # undef _GNU_SOURCE
>>     #endif
> 
> I think this is result of AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS.
> 
>> Do they mean I can use GNU extension in my patch?
> 
> It depends.  I suppose we might be using already some GNU extensions
> that are portable enough.
> I think it's important to keep strace working on systems still in use.
> 
>> I would like to use optional option arugment(::) in getopt.
> 
> I think it's too ugly to use, but do you have any particular use case
> for strace where it could be more convenient that portable alternatives?

I'm working on code adding libdw as unwinder (-k option that I like).
I'm thinking to utilize libunwind or libdw NON-exclusive way; a
user can choose one of unwinders at runtime (if the both libraries
are available at build-time and run-time.)

Following notation is what I'm imaging now:

-k                (default, choose one automatically)
-klibunwind       (use libunwind as unwinder (if available))
-klibdw           (use libdw as unwinder (if available))

:: in GNU extensions helps me to implement above very easily.

Masatake YAMATO

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> ldv