Add --per_file_cxxopt
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
Some flags are only valid for C++, and the compiler will throw a hard error if we use them for compiling C code. Thus, we can't add them to `--per_file_copt`. It would be good if there was an equivalent command line flag `--per_file_cxxopt`, just like `--cxxopt`.
Same goes for `--host_per_file_cxxopt`
### Which category does this issue belong to?
Core, Configurability
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Suppress warnings in external code.
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Ubuntu 24.04
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
8.6.0
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
_No response_
### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
```text
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
_No response_
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing --per_file_copt and --cxxopt flag definitions and their host equivalents. Check the associated option parsing and tests, if present, to identify how per-file and host options are represented. Done means both requested C++-specific flags are accepted and applied consistently for target and host compilation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100