Linux vs. libio

Ulrich Drepper drepper@cygnus.com
Sun Dec 19 22:30:00 GMT 1999


Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

> The libio tricks whereby there are C versions of C++ objects (complete
> with vtables, etc.) will still work, but the objects are going to have
> to be laid out differently, because the C++ objects are being laid out
> differently.

This is still no reason to break compatibility.  If the virtual tables
require a new layout one can add new ones.

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