On 1 June 2016 at 18:57, Florian Weimer wrote: > On 06/01/2016 05:39 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: >> >> Given these definitions >> >> struct base >> { >> int a; >> int b; >> }; >> >> struct plus : base >> { >> virtual ~plus(); >> }; >> >> is there a historic C++ ABI which puts the vtable at offset 8 in struct >> plus (after the fields from struct base)? This must have been before >> the Itanium C++ ABI. > > > GCC 2.95 on i386 produces such layout. > > Was it possible to generate it with later compilers? The GCC 3.0 release > notes say that a new C++ ABI was implemented. Was there really no backwards > compatibility? I don't think so, but you might get a more definite answer on gcc@ rather than gcc-help@