[RFC] C++1x breaking the ABI in one more place :(

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>
>>>> The bad reputation G++ has cultivated does not come from situation
>>>> remotely close to what the original patch was about.  G++ bad reputation
>>>> comes extensions that were introduced without much thought about
>>>> interactions, and that were removed later, etc.  The concrete
>>>> situation at hand comes from a change in the C++ standard itself.
>>>> We should not be conflating the two.  Otherwise, we lose credibility.
>
>>> You're entitled to your opinion, of course.  But, my opinion is that if
>>
>> That the change comes from the definition of C++ itself is not
>> an opinion.  It is a fact.
>
> Your statement, quoted above, implied that the binary incompatibility
> being contemplated in this thread was not a serious problem.  It is that
> opinion to which you are entitled.

I am curious in the chains of logical inference you went through to get that
implication from the statement you indicated.