Header File Modifications and Recompilation Trouble Using XE 14 and Xcode 5

[Dan1]

Hi -

I am using the combination of the C++ Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1 and Xcode 5.0.2 running on OS X 10.9.1 and am seeing compilation issues (which is reproducible among 2 of my other colleagues on similar setups).

The problem is the following: any changes to header files within a project are not treated accordingly and recompilation of respective compilation units and relinking of products is not carried out.

Workarounds to this (all impractical) are:

• clean the project and rebuild everything
• ​close the Xcode project and re-open it
• close Xcode and relaunch it

A very simple Xcode project was created that demonstrates the issue.

1. Create a new Xcode, blank.
2. Create a C++ library target - dynamic.
3. Add two files, e.g. a foo.cpp and a foo.h file
4. Set the compiler to Intel's C++ XE 14
5. Build - all is well
6. Build again - no extra work, all is well
7. Modify the foo.h file
8. Build - fails to rebuild correctly.

A link to a sample Xcode project can be found here:

https://github.com/surething/DependencyTest

Once built, any changes to the *.h file does not incur a recompilation and a relink of the generated *.dylib. This issue does not occur when using Apple's LLVM compiler.

Does anyone know of potential solutions to this?

[VERA_F_Intel]

Hello Dan,
Thanks for reporting this issue. I've reported about it to the developers, and I'll keep this thread updated with any news from them.

Tracking ID:  DPD200252300 

Vera 

[VERA_F_Intel]

Hello Dan,

This is not related to the compiler. We reported this issue to Apple. This behavior will be corrected in future versions of Xcode.

Vera

[Dan1]

Hi Vera,

I then look forward to the next release of Xcode :) do you know if the fix will be available in Xcode 5.1?

Dan;

[VERA_F_Intel]

Dan,

No, the exact version unknown to us now. But I will write here about any news regarding this.

[Denis_B_Intel1]

The issue is resolved in Xcode 6, headers are recompiled there with C++ Compiler XE 15.0.

Denis