libstdc++ compatibility

[Cristian Gafton]

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jeffrey A Law wrote:

> So, in the future if you could build these old libstdc++ releases with a 
> new compiler and get something that is compatible for code which linked
> against the old libstdc++ you'd be OK?

I think working on this thing (compiling old libstdc++ code with a new
compiler and keeping binary compatibility) is not worth the time, when it
is so easy to just package up a compatibility thing that will include
binaries compiled with the old compiler, binaries that we know to work,
etc.

> The question in my mind is how can we test this functionality?  Just being
> able to build the old library isn't enough, we have to verify to some extent
> that it is compatible with the old one.

IMHO it is not worth it.

Cristian
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