My proposal for the libgcc runtime ABI (ia64 gcc/glibc is broken.)

[Ulrich Drepper]

Joern Rennecke <amylaar@cygnus.co.uk> writes:

> Actually, the same is true without shared libraries, if the users just
> want to keep using old .o files (inside or outside of static libraries)
> together with ones compiled with a new compiler.

In an ideal world, yes, you would allow this.  But in general this is
nothing we can promise.  Only the encapsulation inside a DSO can make
binary compatibility with somewhat changing interfaces a reality.

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