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Re: HPUX C++ ABI
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot oz dot au>
- Cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, jessica at cup dot hp dot com, sje at cup dot hp dot com
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:49:00 -0400
- Subject: Re: HPUX C++ ABI
>>>>> Fergus Henderson writes:
Fergus> The extent to which such ABI-related patches would be accepted is directly
Fergus> proportional to the size and complexity of those patches.
Fergus> Small, simple patches are OK. Big or complex patches are not.
Says who?
Fergus> It would provide a
Fergus> useful feature in FSF GCC (compatibility with HPUX C++), it would save HP
Fergus> a lot of work, it would save GCC developers and users on HP a lot of work,
Fergus> and the cost would be low.
Why is this a useful feature in FSF GCC? Why is promoting one
proprietary compiler over others appropriate for GCC?
This is exactly my point: if GCC is going to help users on HP in
this way, it needs to be willing to help users on all platforms. I am not
fundamentally opposed to the patch, but if this patch is accepted then it
is inappropriate to design criteria which makes this patch okay and
rejects other patches.
David