-fnew-abi and branching

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr> writes:

    Gabriel> On libstdc++-v3, we recommend testing '-fnew-abi' and
    Gabriel> we're planning to make it the default.  Unless I'm
    Gabriel> mistaken, the new ABI experiment means "official libio"
    Gabriel> and "EGCS libio" would go out of sync.  Am I right?  If

No.  Nobody's going to touch libio.

But, since libio depends on C++ object layout, it will stop working
when the ABI changes.  Someone (presumably the glibc/libstdc++ people)
will have to work out how to adjust libio to work with the new ABI.
You might as well see the breakage as soon as possible. :-)

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