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On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:07 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:08 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/14/2015 03:39 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/12/2015 01:42 PM, Marc Glisse wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Dec 2015, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 09:51:23AM -0500, Jason Merrill wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/11/2015 06:52 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Richard Biener
>>>>>>>>> <richard.guent...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Markus Trippelsdorf
>>>>>>>>>> <mar...@trippelsdorf.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2015.12.09 at 10:53 -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Empty C++ class is a corner case which isn't covered in psABI nor
>>>>>>>>>>>> C++ ABI.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There is no mention of "empty record" in GCC documentation.  But
>>>>>>>>>>>> there are
>>>>>>>>>>>> plenty of "empty class" in gcc/cp.  This change affects all
>>>>>>>>>>>> targets.  C++ ABI
>>>>>>>>>>>> should specify how it should be passed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About this patch, aren't we supposed to enable new C++ ABIs with
>>>>>> -fabi-version=42 (or whatever the next number is)?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, the patch should definitely make this conditional on
>>>>> abi_version_at_least.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There is a C++ ABI mailinglist, where you could discuss this issue:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://sourcerytools.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cxx-abi-dev
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yep.  As long as the ABI doesn't state how to pass those I'd rather
>>>>>>>>>> _not_ change GCCs way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It is agreed that GCC is wrong on this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://sourcerytools.com/pipermail/cxx-abi-dev/2015-December/002876.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I think this is just a (nasty) bug on some GCC targets.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, the argument in that thread is weird, because C and C++ empty
>>>>>>> structs
>>>>>>> are different, so it isn't surprising they are passed differently.
>>>>>>> C++ makes those sizeof == 1, while C has them sizeof == 0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe it isn't surprising, but it isn't particularly helpful either. It
>>>>>> increases the number of places where the 2 are incompatible.
>>>>>> (I personally don't care about empty C structs)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep.  The C standard doesn't have empty structs; it's a GNU extension.
>>>>> But
>>>>> in any case argument passing can be compatible between C and C++, so it
>>>>> really should be.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Before I make any changes, I'd like to ask if we should make
>>>> argument passing can be compatible between C and C++ for
>>>> all targets GCC support or just x86.
>>>
>>>
>>> All.
>>
>> Here is the patch to guard this ABI change with the ABI level 10,
>> which is updated in GCC 6.  OK for master if there is no regression
>> on x86?
>>
>> The patch for non-x86 targets is at
>>
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-12/msg01063.html
>>
>
> PING:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-12/msg01444.html
>
> --
> H.J.



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