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- From: david@ods.com (David Engel)
- Subject: Re: Pt 1/2: linux 0.98 c++ st
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.192530.8234@ods.com>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:25:30 GMT
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- Roger D Binns (cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk) wrote:
- : With gcc 2.3.3 this happens. If you give the -nojump switch to gcc it goes
- : away. This implies that c++ iostreams are NOT part of the jump table
- : libraries, although they are part of the classic shared libraries.
-
- : Is there any reason for this, other than historical?
-
- Yes, there is. At the time the jump-table libraries were first built,
- I didn't feel that the C++ interface was stable enough to be included.
- I'm still not completely convinced yet, but nevertheless, the next
- release of the jump-table libs will probably support C++.
-
- David
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