blog/2023-06-25-c++-standard-library-abi-compatibility

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blog/2023-06-25-c++-standard-library-abi-compatibility

Updated in 2023-11. For a user who only uses one C++ standard library, such as libc++, there are typically three compatibility goals, each with increasing compatibility requirements: Can the program,

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In situations where a process, an executable, and its DSOs require two different copies of libstdc++, it is recommended to rename the conflicting symbols.

Does this advice also apply to libc++? I can imagine that there may be symbols with the same name that are not ABI-compatible. On the other hand, since libstdc++ uses symbol versioning, its new symbols cannot be interposed by the old ones (phlipsy).