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Re: [SG15] [isocpp-ext] Modularization of the standard library and ABI stability

From: Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash <brycelelbach_at_[hidden]>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 04:14:10 -0700
As I recall, we did not have consensus to evolve the ABI at Prague.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 04:13 Nathan Sidwell <nathan_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 3/8/20 5:01 PM, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash via Ext wrote:
> > Do we have any ABI stability concerns regarding modularizing the
> > standard library? Certainly for strong module ownership implementations,
> > this is a concern, but for weak module ownership implementations it may
> > be a concern too, because the mangling of internal implementation
> > details with module linkage would change.
> >
> > Can implementations overcome this with special hacks for the standard
> > library that preserve the old mangled names?
>
> Some pushed for a breaking ABI change in Prague. This might be their
> opportunity!
>
> nathan
>
> --
> Nathan Sidwell
>

Received on 2020-03-09 06:17:08