Chris Halls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If so, the virtual table for that class should not be emitted in > > test.o, and it appears that g++ 3.1 behaves correctly in this respect. > > I take it that the 'typeinfo' should also not be emitted, as well as the > virtual table?
Correct. > g++ 3.1 is actually emitting this typeinfo, along with 3.0 and 2.95 - it is > the preliminary g++ 3.2 that is no longer emitting this information. This > is going to break OpenOffice and any other programs that rely on this > behaviour. Those programs are broken already. In C++, you must implement all virtual functions. > So, should this change be considered to be a bug fix in g++ 3.2, and > anything which breaks because of it should be fixed, or is it a > problem with g++ 3.2? It's clearly a bug fix. Regards, Martin
