Re: [boost] [serialization] non-virtual destructors in 1.33.1

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-23 17:54:46

Caleb Epstein wrote:
> On 11/23/05, Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>Caleb Epstein wrote:
>>
>>>Not to play the wet blanket here, but this would introduce a link-time
>>>incompatibility between 1.33.0 and 1.33.1 wouldn't it?
>>
>>Yes (AFAIK), but how is pointing that out being a wet blanket? Or are
>>you implying that 1.33.0 and 1.33.1 should be link compatible?
> 
> I thought that was one of the implications of it being a  patch-level
> release.  That it was ABI compatible.

For many other libraries, yes. For C++ it's not as common. For Boost, 
contrary to what I though for some time, it's not the case. About the 
only compatibility for patch level releases we can count on is API 
compatibility.

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