gcc3 ABI compatibility?
Michael VanLoon
michaelv@yahoo-inc.com
Tue Jun 3 23:38:00 GMT 2008
Hello
Have there been compatibility-breaking changes to the ABI among the
different versions of gcc3?
In other words, say I build a C++ library with some exported class
interfaces and such. I use a version of gcc3 (maybe 3.4.6), then upgrade it
to a later version of gcc3 (maybe 3.5.1). Will the libraries break if I
compile new client code against the library built with the older compiler?
I believe this falls into two areas, the name-mangling of the compiler
itself with C++ classes, and the potential changes in libstdc++.
Is there anywhere these ABI-breaking changes are documented?
Thanks!
- Michael
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