[PATCH] automated demangling styles list.

H . J . Lu hjl@lucon.org
Wed Jun 12 16:54:00 GMT 2002


On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 07:38:07PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > 	* demangle.h (demangling_styles): Renumbered.
> > 	(demangler_engine): Restructured.
> 
> Neither of these are backward compatible.  For demangling_styles,
> please preseve the previous values for previous enumerations.  For
> demangler_engine, please add new fields only at the end so that
> existing fields remain at the same offset (although, since it's an
> *array* of structs, even extending breaks old binaries).

It is never meent to be binary compatible. It is compatible at the
source code level. The rest of my change depends on those changes.
What is the binary compatibility for?


H.J.



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