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--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-04 Janis Johnson <janis187@us.ibm.com>
+
+ * doc/trouble.texi (Interoperation): Update information about C++ ABI
+ issues.
+
2002-09-04 Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
* config/sparc/t-netbsd64: Disable multilib for now.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/trouble.texi b/gcc/doc/trouble.texi
index 3efca1f..446fccc 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/trouble.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/trouble.texi
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ libraries and debuggers on certain systems.
@itemize @bullet
@item
-G++ does not do name mangling in the same way as other C++
-compilers. This means that object files compiled with one compiler
-cannot be used with another.
+On many platforms, GCC supports a different ABI for C++ than do other
+compilers, so the object files compiled by GCC cannot be used with object
+files generated by another C++ compiler.
-This effect is intentional, to protect you from more subtle problems.
+An area where the difference is most apparent is name mangling. The use
+of different name mangling is intentional, to protect you from more subtle
+problems.
Compilers differ as to many internal details of C++ implementation,
including: how class instances are laid out, how multiple inheritance is
implemented, and how virtual function calls are handled. If the name