Re: Compatibility between object code of gcc versions

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Compatibility between object code of gcc versions
\ LuísCarlos Carneiro Gonçalves (27 May 2007)
. \ Wei Chen (27 May 2007)
. \ Andrew Haley (29 May 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Compatibility between object code of gcc versions
Group:	Gcc
From:	Andrew Haley
Date:	29 May 2007

Lu,Am(Bs Carlos Carneiro Gon,Ag(Balves writes:

> I am some old programs compiled in gcc (“.o”) that I
> do not have source code. If I link with others compiled
> with gcc 3.2.1 will it work?

Maybe, maybe not. You'll probably be fine with C code, but the binary
compatibility of C++ code has changed.

Andrew.