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just to be clear about the abi issues mentioned here, neither c++ nor c have a standardised abi. but there are widely agreed abis for different platforms. stand
by zabzonk 4y ago
just to be clear about the abi issues mentioned here, neither c++ nor c have a standardised abi. but there are widely agreed abis for different platforms. standardised language changes can thus not break standardised abis, because the standards don't specify abis.
- favorited 4y agoWG21 can, and has in the past[0], broken platforms' ABIs. It tends to be painful enough that platform vendors (who are represented on the committees) aren't interested in doing it again. [0]https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_abi.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_a...