new concept checks and the 3.0 ABI

Fri Apr 6 06:52:00 GMT 2001

Jason Merrill <jason_merrill@redhat.com> writes:

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| What I think Joe is asking about is the libstdc++ ABI; in other words,
| should people be able to expect that STL-using code compiled with 3.0 will
| link with code compiled with 3.1?  In other words, should we commit
| ourselves to making only representation-compatible changes?  Mark has
| expressed the opinion that we should.  I'm ambivalent.

That is a very strong requirement I would like us not committed to.

-- Gaby