[PATCH]: new binary compatibility chapter in GCC manual

[Phil Edwards]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 02:44:02PM -0700, Janis Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:29:08PM +0100, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Janis Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > 	* extend.texi: New chapter, Binary Compatibility.
> > 
> > As a separate chapter, I think this belongs in a separate .texi file.
> 
> The file extend.texi already includes three chapters:
> 
>   C Implementation-defined behavior
>   Extensions to the C Language Family
>   Extensions to the C++ Language
> 
> I'll put it in a separate file, though, if that's what you prefer.

I would recommend a seperate file just so other people editing it can
/find/ it more easily.  Binary compatability doesn't really strike me as an
"extension" to anything.


Phil

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