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Re: draft release notes for gcc 3.3
On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 09:58:20PM -0500, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
>
> > > >3.2.x's libstdc++ will continue to work. But this only works on OSes that
> > > >implement versioning, correct?
>
> Right. See this for more on what versioning means:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/abi.txt
I've looked at it. The question was to what extent versioning has been
taken advantage of here (that is, is there a 3.3 version of some interface
that differs from the 3.2 version).
> >I am trying to determine if we can have programs that are built with 3.3
> >that won't run with the 3.2.3 libstdc++.so.
>
> Huh?
>
> That's not the definition of backwards-compatible.
I know; it is compatibility in the reverse direction. But people who
distribute binaries need to be aware of it.