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Joern Rennecke <amylaar@cygnus.co.uk> writes: > Actually, the same is true without shared libraries, if the users just > want to keep using old .o files (inside or outside of static libraries) > together with ones compiled with a new compiler. In an ideal world, yes, you would allow this. But in general this is nothing we can promise. Only the encapsulation inside a DSO can make binary compatibility with somewhat changing interfaces a reality. -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------
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