--- /usr/portage/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass	2010-05-23 04:08:44.000000000 +0200
+++ toolchain-funcs.eclass	2010-05-31 20:55:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -653,3 +653,55 @@ gen_usr_ldscript() {
 		fperms a+x "/usr/${libdir}/${lib}" || die "could not change perms on ${lib}"
 	done
 }
+
+# @FUNCTION: tc-cc
+# @USAGE: <output-file> <input-files> [...]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Compiled passed C source files into specified binary, respecting CC, CFLAGS,
+# CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS.
+#
+# If CC is not set, the compiler is obtained using $(tc-getCC) (you might want
+# to call 'tc-export CC' if you want to call tc-cc() multiple times).
+#
+# Additional flags to cpp/cc/ld might be set as 'my_cppflags', 'my_cflags' and
+# 'my_ldflags' respectively. Libraries to link against may be set as 'my_libs',
+# in the '-lfoo -lbar' form.
+tc-cc() {
+	[[ -z $1 ]] && die "tc-cc: output file not specified"
+	[[ -z $2 ]] && die "tc-cc: no input files specified"
+	
+	local output=$1
+	shift
+	[[ -z ${CC} ]] && local CC=$(tc-getCC)
+
+	einfo ${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} ${my_cppflags} ${CFLAGS} ${my_cflags} \
+		${LDFLAGS} ${my_ldflags} -o "${output}" "$@" ${my_libs}
+	${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} ${my_cppflags} ${CFLAGS} ${my_cflags} \
+		${LDFLAGS} ${my_ldflags} -o "${output}" "$@" ${my_libs}
+}
+
+# @FUNCTION: tc-cxx
+# @USAGE: <output-file> <input-files> [...]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Compiled passed C++ source files into specified binary, respecting CXX,
+# CXXFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS.
+#
+# If CXX is not set, the compiler is obtained using $(tc-getCXX) (you might want
+# to call 'tc-export CXX' if you want to call tc-cxx() multiple times).
+#
+# Additional flags to cpp/c++/ld might be set as 'my_cppflags', 'my_cxxflags'
+# and 'my_ldflags' respectively. Libraries to link against may be set as
+# 'my_libs', in the '-lfoo -lbar' form.
+tc-cxx() {
+	[[ -z $1 ]] && die "tc-cxx: output file not specified"
+	[[ -z $2 ]] && die "tc-cxx: no input files specified"
+	
+	local output=$1
+	shift
+	[[ -z ${CXX} ]] && local CXX=$(tc-getCXX)
+
+	einfo ${CXX} ${CPPFLAGS} ${my_cppflags} ${CXXFLAGS} ${my_cxxflags} \
+		${LDFLAGS} ${my_ldflags} -o "${output}" "$@" ${my_libs}
+	${CXX} ${CPPFLAGS} ${my_cppflags} ${CXXFLAGS} ${my_cxxflags} \
+		${LDFLAGS} ${my_ldflags} -o "${output}" "$@" ${my_libs}
+}