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Re: GCC to open the C++ demangle API?
- From: Daniel Berlin <dan at dberlin dot org>
- To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot com>
- Cc: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, Andrew Marlow <apm35 at student dot open dot ac dot uk>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 19 Mar 2002 22:21:51 -0500
- Subject: Re: GCC to open the C++ demangle API?
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- References: <200203200215.SAA22138@atrus.synopsys.com>
On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 21:15, Joe Buck wrote:
> Andrew Marlow <apm35@student.open.ac.uk> writes:
> > > As the OP I would like to chip in at this point. I no longer wish for the
> > > API to be opened. I agree with RMS that since there is no standard for
> > > name mangling in C++ the most appropriate license for this code is the GPL
> > > rather than the LGPL.
>
> Jason Merrill writes:
> > But there IS a standard for name mangling. And there are at least two
> > other vendors with compatible compilers: HP and Intel.
> >
> > http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#mangling
>
> Furthermore RMS has already agreed to change the license, so this issue is
> now moot and we can argue about something else. :-)
Guys and Gals,
We need to slow down the rate at which we argue about random, mostly (or
completely) moot issues.
If you look, just this week we've gone through at least two or three of
them. In two days.
This means we have to make up new issues for the next week or two, since
there's really nothing left.
In the future, we need to be more careful to make sure we don't argue
pointless issues simultaneously, or else we run the risk of running out
again.
Thanks for your attention to this important matter,
Dan
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