21 Feb
2012
21 Feb
'12
5:42 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:59:59AM -0500, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
ABI compatibility is still an issue with C++.
In addition to name mangling, calling convention and other issues accross compilers, C++ presents problems with ABI incompatibility even when using the same compiler. If your library is designed with user-extensible classes, choosing C++ places severe constraints upon core development -- no new virtual methods or member variables in non-leaf classes, etc:
http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Binary_Compatibility_Issues_With_C%2B%2B
The comment thread here may be germane (it describes some of the reasons we avoided C++ for Apache Lucy):
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCY-5
Marvin Humphrey