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Re: [cxx-abi-dev] A complexity in the mangling ABI


ian@wasabisystems.com (Ian Lance Taylor)  wrote on 23.11.03 in <m3smkeh4kn.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>:

> "Mark Mitchell" <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

> > The specification doesn't actually say how to deal with mangling
> > order-sensitive qualifiers.
>
> I think you meant to say order-insensitive here.  (I know that I'm
> confused about the difference.)
>
> > If there are vendor-extended order-sensitive qualifiers, that would
> > clearly need to change.
>
> Again, I think you mean to say order-insensitive.

That doesn't make sense.

Order-sensitive means it matters what order they're in; order-insensitive  
means any order is equivalent. Mark was clearly meaning what he said.

> g++ supports one vendor-extended type qualifier, and it handles it in
> an order-sensitive manner.

Really? const vector is different from vector const?

> I realize that I got confused between order-sensitive and
> order-insensitive in part of my earlier note.  I said

Sure seems so.

MfG Kai


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