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Re: COM binary compatibility

To: Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>
Subject: Re: COM binary compatibility
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp at ludusdesign dot com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:15:57 -0500
CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <3AC1155F.B1D43FC8@ludusdesign.com> <20010327200229.A2851@disaster.jaj.com>

Phil Edwards wrote:

> There is already an undocumented class attribute, called com_interface,
> that changes the vtable layout and is automatically inherited by children.

Great!

> However, it's my understanding that this is unneeded and redundant with
> the new ABI, and will be removed for 3.0.

Can I suppose the new ABI will be compatible with COM as-is?

Thanks for the info!

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