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Re: new concept checks and the 3.0 ABI
- To: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: new concept checks and the 3.0 ABI
- From: Jason Merrill <jason_merrill at redhat dot com>
- Date: 06 Apr 2001 15:07:42 +0100
- Cc: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1010404185903.18664A@cse.cygnus.com>
>>>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> writes:
> There's a difference between what is being attempted with the C++ ABI and
> the C++ API. Nobody is expecting the C++ API (libstdc++) to be in a
> completely finished state for the 3.0 release.
It's not an API question; the C++ library API is specified by the standard.
What I think Joe is asking about is the libstdc++ ABI; in other words,
should people be able to expect that STL-using code compiled with 3.0 will
link with code compiled with 3.1? In other words, should we commit
ourselves to making only representation-compatible changes? Mark has
expressed the opinion that we should. I'm ambivalent.
Jason