| ▲ | ChadNauseam 6 hours ago | |
Adding a new method can change the behavior of C++ code as well due to templates. Does the standard library never add new methods because of that? | ||
| ▲ | jjmarr 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Yes. All the time. Subscribe to the std-proposals mailing list and you'll see so many obvious improvements get rejected due to ABI compat guarantees. | ||
| ▲ | umanwizard 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Adding a new method can change the behavior of C++ code as well due to templates. Yes, but the code can be gated off with ifdefs to only be present when compiling for a particular version of the standard. | ||