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Re: ABI Issues: C++ PATCH: PR 12053
- From: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>, Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>,Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>,<nathan at codesourcery dot com>, <phil at codesourcery dot com>, <bkoz at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:14:47 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: ABI Issues: C++ PATCH: PR 12053
Hi,
On 4 Sep 2003, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> That still leaves the question that nobody has answered -- do we want
> this patch on the mainline?
I believe we do. As others have already argued, 3.4 will breaks BC, if
not for the core C++-ABI, then at least for the library. So most of the
stuff will need to be recompiled anyway. So even core ABI changes in 3.4
itself do not hurt that much, especially because this particular instance
is only visible under obscure circumstances.
So, as it doesn't hurt too much, I'm in favor of following the published
ABI for mainline, in the sense that this is the ideal goal anyway (and
like every ideal it should be followed when pragmatism isn't in the way
;-) ).
Ciao,
Michael.