[RFC] C++1x breaking the ABI in one more place :(

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>
>> The bad reputation G++ has cultivated does not come from situation
>> remotely close to what the original patch was about.  G++ bad reputation
>> comes extensions that were introduced without much thought about
>> interactions, and that were removed later, etc.  The concrete
>> situation at hand comes from a change in the C++ standard itself.
>> We should not be conflating the two.  Otherwise, we lose credibility.
>
> You're entitled to your opinion, of course.  But, my opinion is that if

That the change comes from the definition of C++ itself is not
an opinion.  It is a fact.

> we ship a library which breaks compatibility for existing code, we lose,
> whether or not a change in the standard is the cause of that break.
>
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