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Re: libgcj maintenance for 4.0.x branch

Andrew Haley wrote:

Tom Tromey writes:
>
> The proposed rule here is actually fairly conservative, perhaps overly
> so.

I think so.  I wonder if the idea of never breaking the ABI is a bit
too optimistic.  We will try, but ...

> Starting with 4.1 I would like to see a much less conservative
> rule, namely that we only promise compatibility if you use
> -findirect-dispatch.

Yes.



I agree, but I also we need to make -findirect-dispatch the default for 4.1. Obviously some things need to happen before we can do this.

Bryce

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