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Re: [4.3.0] remove system_error support

From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>, Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, jakub at redhat dot com, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:46:25 -0800
Subject: Re: [4.3.0] remove system_error support
References: <20080228145915.72def41a@wabash.artheist.org> <de8d50360802281519pce69141v9d43448094475880@mail.gmail.com> <20080229002231.GH13837@synopsys.com>

Joe Buck wrote:

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:19:48PM -0800, Andrew Pinski wrote:
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> wrote:
 After carefully reviewing the 4.3.0rc exports for libstdc++, I'm happy
 with one exception.
Ok, why is this done this late instead of thinking about the ABI
implications earlier on?
Time travel hasn't been invented yet, so the two choices are "patch" or
"ship".

Indeed. I think that Benjamin is right to err on the side of caution here, in the sense that we really want to avoid incompatible changes going forward. So taking something out now, if we're not certain it's solid, is the right thing to do.

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Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery
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References:
- [4.3.0] remove system_error support
  - From: Benjamin Kosnik
- Re: [4.3.0] remove system_error support
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [4.3.0] remove system_error support
  - From: Joe Buck

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