Re: gcc 3.3

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:39:08AM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> The intent is for 3.3 to be binary-compatible with 3.2 for C++ code.  As
> for libstdc++, the story might be different depending on whether your
> platform supports symbol versioning,

and uses a recent GNU linker (others could be supported, but nobody has
contributed such support at present),

> which is the approach being used to
> allow for development while keeping things binary-compatible.  Perhaps
> the libstdc++ developers can say more on that one.

We also have an open question about the details of symbol versioning:

    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2002-07/msg00177.html


Phil

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