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[Bug target/27067] Compile errors with multiple inheritance where the stdcall attribute is applied to virtual functions.
- From: "angray at beeb dot net" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 8 May 2007 21:02:13 -0000
- Subject: [Bug target/27067] Compile errors with multiple inheritance where the stdcall attribute is applied to virtual functions.
- References: <bug-27067-12491@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Comment #14 from angray at beeb dot net 2007-05-08 22:02 -------
(In reply to comment #13)
> Subject: Re: Compile errors with multiple inheritance where
> the stdcall attribute is applied to virtual functions.
> rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca wrote:
> > ------- Comment #11 from rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca 2007-05-08 12:25 -------
> > MSC includes the calling convention as part of its C++ name mangling. Would
> > this bug be easier to solve if the calling convention was also included as part
> > of the C++ name mangling in GCC, instead of done afterwards? If so, it might
> > be worth this small ABI breaking change in some future release of MinGW.
> I think that would be fine, from a C++ perspective.
If indeed XPCOM is dependant upon this then making an ABI namemangling change
would break Firefox and Thunderbird addons.
Aaron
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