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Re: GCC 3.2
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Franz Sirl <Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, "Kevin B. Hendricks" <kevin dot hendricks at sympatico dot ca>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:30:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: GCC 3.2
- References: <20020812180910.K18963@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <200208122032.g7CKWMM05767@porcupine.slc.redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 02:32:22PM -0600, Jeff Law wrote:
> The idea behind having it done in libstdc++
> is that we can verify that sizes/layouts of any externally visible classes
> and structures don't change from one rev of libstdc++ to another. That
> in conjunction with testing the signatures of every externally visible
> function gives us a much better chance of keeping libstdc++ compatible
> from one rev to the next.
Completely agreed.
Jakub