------- Comment #27 from gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu 2006-01-21 21:45 ------- Subject: Re: Typeinfo comparison code easily breaks shared libs
"rjohnson at dogstar-interactive dot com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I just got bit by this using | gcc version 4.0.3 20051201 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-5) (powerpc) | | It's just my $.02 from the gallery, but that address comparison in the | type_info::oprator==() implementation looks suspect. Stroustrup (3rd edition, | $15.4.4) specifically says: | | It is _not_ guaranteed that there is only one type_info object for each type in | the system. | | and then he goes on to call out dynamically linked libraries as a particular | case. | | If folks are interested, I can propose a relatively inexpensive (i.e. | non-strcmp) runtime strawman for consideration. Please look more carefully at the real implementation and look up the archive. -- Gaby -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23628
