Re: [boost] Re: Compiler status for GCC 3.3

From: Giovanni Bajo (giovannibajo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-03 01:44:24

On Friday, July 04, 2003 12:38 AM [GMT+1=CET],
David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>> On the other hand if your native compiler is GCC and your system was
>> not configured with that setting, then you may get into trouble --
>> since you'll be mixing translation units with different ABIs.
>
> Furthermore, that sounds like a workaround.  Isn't it still a
> compiler bug that it doesn't work without -fabi-version=0?

No, it's correctly fixed, but since it's a fix that breaks ABI,  the version
number was bumbed. By default, GCC 3.3 uses the GCC 3.2 ABI. If you want to
activate the new version, you have to explicitally say so. "-fabi-version=0"
always selects the last version of the ABI.

Giovanni Bajo