libstdc++-v3 stability?

[Phil Edwards]

Stan Shebs wrote:
> > It seems like it would only take a small
> > tweak to the signature of an app-visible method, and then an old

I was about to ask the list exactly what can and cannot be changed in
libstdc++.  There are tweaks that I'd like to make to the allocators in
stl_alloc.h in order to make them more user-configurable.  Most of the
suggestions (that I've received and given) have involved changing their
names in some way.  (They're all templates.)

I have ideas, but only guesses.


Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> 2) I'm suggesting source-compatibility for standards-compliant C++. 
> Binary-compatibility issues between gcc-3.1.x and gcc-3.2.x can be dealt 
> with via compatibility-libraries, the same as for a "C" library. 

I'm not sure what you mean by compatibility libraries.


Phil

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