Status of std::string ABI change
David Kastrup
dak@gnu.org
Mon Nov 25 12:34:00 GMT 2013
Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> writes:
> On 11/25/2013 12:13 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
>> ABI changes are never fun. I wonder how they got away with this
>> without a huge outcry...
>
> The best protection against that is to change ABI on every release, so
> that users don't expect any stability.
It also helps to prohibit any language but Objective C for a while.
Keeps the expectations low and the rabble docile.
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David Kastrup
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