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Re: Development status
>>>>> Nathan Myers <ncm@cantrip.org> writes:
>> Use of -fnew-abi is strongly discouraged, it is an experimental
>> feature and subject to change without notice. I don't see why that is
>> required for gcc 2.95.2; if -fsquangling is what you really want, then
>> use that.
> Hey, libstdc++-v3 is an experimental library. We have to get the
> new ABI nailed down, and gcc-3 will probably be our last chance to
> do it. We had better work out any problems now, and freeze the ABI
> as soon as possible. The only way that can happen is if people
> using snapshots of libstdc++-v3 routinely use -fnew-abi. That's OK,
> because they don't expect binary compatibility between versions
> anyway.
-fnew-abi is under active development at the moment, and regularly changes
from day to day. And probably doesn't work most of the time. Better to
wait for it to stabilize...
Jason