On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Paolo Carlini <paolo.carl...@oracle.com> wrote: > Richard Guenther wrote: >> where you replaced build_string (strlen (name) + 1, name) with >> build_string (strlen (name), name). I don't know if this renders the >> ABIs incompatible, but I doubt it - it would be nice to verify that indeed >> just extra '\0's are now missing at the end. >> > To be clear: if knowledgeable people can confirm this kind of reasoning, > of course I have no objections, but then abi_check must be also fixed at > the same time, nothing should committed leading to regressions, either > substantive or only apparent.
I fully agree with you here. A simple solution is to re-instantiate the +1 (with a comment before it). Richard.