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request: decouple from clang

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating the build configuration and entry points that hardcode clang; no specific files or tests are named in the issue. Check how the project currently selects its compiler, then verify that the build works with gcc and BSD cc while preserving the existing clang build.

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Description

Needs-Triage

Hi,

Can we please unhardcode clang, so that this project can build with gcc and BSD cc?

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