CNI changes (Was: Binary Compatibility)

Mon Aug 4 09:55:00 GMT 2003

Anthony Green writes:
 > On Wed, 2003年07月30日 at 08:57, Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > Additionally, there is the CNI change that maps
 > > 
 > > java::lang::foo *obj --> ref<java::lang::foo> obj
 > > 
 > > I propose that we make this change on the same development branch,
 > > with a view to releasing it in gcc 3.5.
 > 
 > Are there any other CNI changes we should make at this same time?
I would like to get all incompatible changes done for 3.5.
 > For instance, conforming to the new C++ ABI (padding-wise)
Well, I guess it does save memory. However, the last time I looked
there was some fairly nasty hacking in the C++ front end to make this
work. I'll ask Jason if we can have thaht code in a common place.
 > , and wasn't there talk at some point of requiring explicit GC
 > markers for data?
I can't remember that.
Andrew.