Compiling on windows with mingw
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Currently FBGEMM has checks done for MSVC that are not done for MINGW, however mingw can also support compiling FBGEMM.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating FBGEMM's existing MSVC-specific compilation checks and compare them with a MinGW build on Windows. Determine which checks prevent MinGW compilation; done means FBGEMM compiles successfully with MinGW while preserving the existing MSVC behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100