[Qt-creator] GCC 4.32 for Windows

[Andre Poenitz]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 02:18:47PM +0100, Patrick Scheller wrote:
> I thought it is obvious enough what I mean and I see that some other
> users also share this desire to be able to work with GCC 4.3 out of
> the box within Qt-Creator.

It was not obvious to me, and in fact it still isn't.

Qt Creator will work with work with any (reasonable) gcc version
it finds on the system if you take the "small" package or compile
it on your own.  So if you set up your system in a way that
it finds your favuorite incarnation of gcc first it will just work.

[And for completeness sake, you could even use other compilers
like MS's "cl" but you'll lose the ability to use the graphical
debugger]

> To ur question wether or not to support GCC3 or GCC2 or whatever: I
> really dont mind if Trolltech do or not keep up support for older
> compilers as long as it is not detrimental to users of newer versions.

As Qt Creator does not really care too much about what gcc version is
used it does not look exactly like being "detrimental to users of newer
versions" to me.

> [...]
> Since I have already set up mingw-GCC 4.32 on my PC I would very much
> appreciate:
> 
> 1. That I can chose which compiler to use within Qt-Creator

You have that freedom already.  Just configure your system in a way that
your desired version is found first when starting gcc on the
commandline. There is no special magic.

> 2. Have the freedome to just download Qt-Creator without mingw 3.x

Try e.g. ftp://ftp.trolltech.no/qtcreator/snapshots/2008-12-18/

> 3. DebugLibs compiled with GCC 4.3 would be nice too of course :)
> Or at least to have some working build scripts with a recent compiler
> suit and not a completely outdated one.

Debug libraries of what? Qt Creator? Qt? Your own code?

Andre'

PS: For my personal curiosity: In what aspect would the results you get
from gcc 4.3 differ significantly from what you'd get from, say 3.4?