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Re: [RFC] ABI change for variable sized types
- From: "D. Starner" <shalesller at writeme dot com>
- To: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:43:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: [RFC] ABI change for variable sized types
> And the issue of
> backwards compatibility from an ABI point of view isn't a concern
> since Ada users expect "private" calling conventions between Ada
> subprograms anyway.
As an Ada user, it would be really nice if we could have shared
libraries that you don't have to worry about linking across
different GNAT versions. Users have come to expect that the ABI
will change unpredictibly, but that doesn't mean that they would
prefer that it do so.
David Starner -- dvdeug@debian.rog
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