Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> But we're not talking about things mandated by the standard. And the > standard in no way dictates anything about how those functions and data > members are encoded by the compiler. That is the problem we seem to be > having here. You are asserting that the compiler will encode the binary representation of std::streambuf differently, simply because the library version has revved up, but the class layout remains identical ? If this is what you are asserting [ and this is what I understand you are asserting ], please prove it. I cannot prove that the compiler isn't broken. You're also now raising the non-existent problem of the gptr() vs. _C_gptr. In other words, the sample implementations provided by the Standards, vs. the actual implementation of this particular Library. I do not see the point of discussing why the Apache Standard C++ Library chose to implement _C_gptr instead of gptr() [ not that the actual intent of the Standard is violated in any way ]. > You're mistaking an immutable *programming interface* for an immutable > *binary interface*. Please stop telling me what I do and do not understand. You still have not provided a single example of ABI breakage in the Apache Library. --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. Stefan.Teleman at Sun.COM
