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Re: Binary Compatibility
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Mohan Embar <gnustuff at thisiscool dot com>
- Cc: konqueror at gmx dot de, GCJ Java <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 14:14:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: Binary Compatibility
- References: <16167.60120.49100.864112@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com><ASNMIR04YXOI3ZEAMJLGVUOK05EA93.3f296f47@p733>
Mohan Embar writes:
> Hi Andrew (and Michael),
>
> >gcc 3.4 is, I believe, feature frozen. Any major changes will
> >therefore have to wait until gcc 3.5. In the meantime I suppose we'll
> >need a development branch for this work.
>
> Does this mean that the nio stuff won't be done for 3.4?
Not at all.
a. The rules for libgcj are more relaxed than for gcc.
b. NIO is already in libgcj. It's just not finished.
I am proposing a total ABI overhaul. We can't do that for 3.4.
Andrew.