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Re: [Patch / RFC ] Fix libstdc++/36742 on the 4_2-branch

From: Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>
To: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
Cc: iant at google dot com, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:09:05 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: [Patch / RFC ] Fix libstdc++/36742 on the 4_2-branch
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> Can you create an alias from the old symbol?  Otherwise this
> will likely break code linking to that symbol.

You mean, exporting also the old version? I'm not sure how I can do that. Also, I'm not sure to understand why you believe this will *likely* break code: actually, I'm not able, using the normal tools, to see the *type* of the exported symbol, that gives me hope...

> OTOH as 4.2 might not get another release we could decide to
> ignore this issue ...

Definitely. That was my first reaction, too. But in case we are reasonably sure the change is safe, we can as well have it...

Paolo.

References:
- [Patch / RFC ] Fix libstdc++/36742 on the 4_2-branch
  - From: Paolo Carlini
- Re: [Patch / RFC ] Fix libstdc++/36742 on the 4_2-branch
  - From: Richard Guenther

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