[m-dev.] For review: base_type_layouts, round 2.

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.oz.au
Sun Feb 23 00:09:29 AEDT 1997


Tyson Richard DOWD, you wrote:
> 
> > Will this cause binary incompatibilities?
> > (i.e. once you commit it, will everyone have to do `mmake clean'?)
> > 
> 
> Yes - you'll get link errors unless you recompile everything. 
> 
> Re-ordering the simple-vectors will also cause binary incompatabilities,
> but only if you are using the layouts. Perhaps I should hold off until
> ohutch commits the new layout traversal, then we can do it all at once.
> (I could change it all now, but that just makes his job harder).

Well, it doesn't worry me too much.  Do whatever you think will
make things easiest.

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