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Re: binary compatibility ABI (was: Re: [boehm-gc] Import 6.3 alpha1)
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- To: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:44:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: binary compatibility ABI (was: Re: [boehm-gc] Import 6.3 alpha1)
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Andrew Haley wrote:
> It was a very boring job, and took far longer than I expected.
> However, I now have the test cases, and can report that we do:
<...>
Wow, this is great stuff.
> 1. Are there any cases I've missed?
I haven't read chapter 13. But one thing that comes immediately to mind
is adding or removing "final" modifiers. Empirically that doesn't create
problems for the JRE as it does for gcj, where it affects vtable layout.
I suppose there are gcj-specific tests we'd be interested in as well.
Jeff