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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4965a8f2d3..ea8af3abbe 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2016-12-27 Steve Ellcey <sellcey@caviumnetworks.com> + + * scripts/check-c++-types.sh: Add comments. + 2016-12-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> [BZ #19514] diff --git a/scripts/check-c++-types.sh b/scripts/check-c++-types.sh index 489c4f066f..f82ffff57e 100755 --- a/scripts/check-c++-types.sh +++ b/scripts/check-c++-types.sh @@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +# This script creates a list of data types where each type is followed +# by the C++ mangled name for that type. That list is then compared +# against the list in the c++-types.data file for the platform being +# checked. Any difference between the two would mean that the C++ ABI +# had changed and that should not happen even if the change is compatible +# at the C language level. + # # The list of data types has been created with # cat <<EOF | |