Vladimir Marek wrote:
>>>> Also, I thought that gcc-compiled binaries were not accepted by Sun!
>>>>
>>> I'm not sure, hope someone else can clarify that bit.
>>>
>>>
>> While we prefer to use the Studio C compiler, we have been allowing gcc
>> to be used for components in SFW requiring modifications to avoid gcc
>> "features" that aren't available in Studio. We haven't been allowing
>> the use of g++ for interface compatibility and stability reasons.
>>
>
> Ah, now I see the urgency for Apache c++ STL library. Thanks for the
> explanation.
>
FWIW, I suspect that you may be missing a couple of key issues still.
* You don't appear to be able to link Studio CC compiled objects
with g++ compiled objects.
At a very simple level, they appear to do name mangling
differently, but I am told that there are other issues as well.
* Compatibility issues pop up between g++ versions and they don't
guarantee backward compatibility with objects built using older
versions of g++ (or so I am told).
-Norm
