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[Bug fortran/51802] [OOP] Duplicate mangling for OOP symbols
- From: "pault at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:52:45 +0000
- Subject: [Bug fortran/51802] [OOP] Duplicate mangling for OOP symbols
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- References: <bug-51802-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51802
--- Comment #2 from Paul Thomas <pault at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-20 10:52:45 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> That that changing this will break the ABI. Thus, it can only be done when we
> have to break the ABI. That will happen for the new array descriptor.
>
> (This bug is listed at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LibgfortranAbiCleanup)
I agree completely. However, once 4.7 is released, should we be excessively
pristine about ABI breakage in trunk? It is, after all, the development
version and, to some degree, if people use the development version for
production code they should be mindful of the risks....
Cheers
Paul