On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:52:27PM +0200, Paolo Carlini wrote: > Hi, > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:12 PM, James Y Knight <f...@fuhm.net> wrote: > > > >> IMO, at the /very least/, libstdc++ should go ahead and change std::string > >> to be the new implementation. Once std::string is ABI-incompatible between > >> the modes, there's basically no chance that anyone would think that > >> linking things together from the two modes is a good thing to try, for > >> more than a couple minutes. > >> > > > > Agreed. > > Seconded. I find the idea simple but cute.
I strongly agree. > > Paolo > > > > > Ps: I'm not volunteering to do the actual work ;) kidding, sooner or later > have to do it anyway. Just not right *now*. I could do it in a couple of > weeks, definitely in time for 4.8. Does this basically mean that compiling C++ code with GCC4.7 will be playing Russian roulette? Gabriel