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Re: Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI

From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet at adacore dot com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>, Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Arnaud Charlet <charlet at adacore dot com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:01:54 +0100
Subject: Re: Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI
References: <yddzl2yhdpm.fsf@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <87eik9ke6s.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20100225075126.GA45231@adacore.com> <4B868C68.8030302@gnu.org>

> One of the advantages of "mangling" overloaded functions C++-style, instead 
> of using a simple counter is that the latter makes it basically impossible 
> to define a stable ABI.

It actually is not such a problem in Ada, where declarations are first class
citizens with specific rules about placement, etc..., and order of declarations
is something you can count on.

Arno

References:
- Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI
  - From: Rainer Orth
- Re: Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI
  - From: Arnaud Charlet
- Re: Defining a libgnat.so, libgnarl.so ABI
  - From: Paolo Bonzini

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