Re: On the cost of libraries
- From: murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)
- To: Colm Smyth <Colm Smyth sun com>
- Cc: dave willfork com, Sander Vesik sun com, dave arsdigita com, otaylor redhat com, alexl redhat com, mjs noisehavoc org, Gnome Hackers <gnome-hackers gnome org>
- Subject: Re: On the cost of libraries
- Date: 17 Nov 2001 00:03:52 +0100
On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 11:24, Colm Smyth wrote:
> Binary compatibility is an important goal, but with C++ it's effectively
> impossible; the name-mangling format changes not infrequently, vtable dispatch
> is also subject to change. The upshot is that the ABI of a C++ library can
> change between minor version updates so the usage scenario I described is
> applicable only when you are targetting a well-known C++ ABI.
You mean 'between minor version updates' of the compiler, right? The ABI
of a C++ library should not change between minor version updates of that
library.
--
Murray Cumming
murrayc usa net
www.murrayc.com
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