C++ ABI: Proposed key function tweak

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery.com> writes:

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Merrill <jason at redhat.com> writes:
Jason> And so is ours.  But this is a one-line change to the
Jason> compiler; I don't think it's unreasonable to make it at
Jason> this point.

> HP will certainly think so.  They have already committed to OS builds
> using the new ABI, and they cannot respin libraries, etc.  There are
> major parts of the OS written in C++.

Ah.

Jason> Have folks at HP and Intel actually implemented the full
Jason> ABI?  If so, I'm surprised we haven't heard about issues
Jason> that came up during implementation.

> Umm, CodeSourcery did those implementations. :-)

Well, that would explain why you seemed to be the only folks implementing
it.  :)

OK, I concede.  But how would you feel about making this change for other
targets in g++?  I'm thinking particularly of those that don't have a
COMDAT mechanism.

Jason