On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Brian Budge <brian.budge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Break binary compatibility? What kind of guarantees are there? I'm >> not advocating a change in data structures, but it doesn't seem like >> there are any promises beyond API conformance, are there? > > > Imagine you write a library and you compile and distribute the > binaries. Someone else builds against those. If std::set is used in > your API, and they have a different version of libstdc++, do you still > want the library and the binary to be compatible, even across > different versions of libstdc++? Playing devil's advocate, I want interface compatibility. That said, I understand the motivation behind it; it's a good reason, without going through the proof.
