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Re: C++ binary compatibility between GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.2?
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 02:46:11PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 02:35:34PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > IMHO, keep the C++ ABI compatibility between 3.1 and 3.1.x, but break
> > between 3.1.x and 3.2, is one of the worst things anyone can do to gcc.
>
> Why? Both Andreas said that the change happening 3.1.1->3.2 will cause
> problems in upcoming OS releases. You didn't give any reasoning for your
> position.
My position is I doubt many people really case the C++ ABI compatibility
between 3.1 and 3.1.1, at least I don't. I can even pretend 3.1 never
existed :-(.
H.J.