From 9c30df69c485ba93cdb4428c9bea6da371fb16ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Ellcey Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:26:05 -0800 Subject: Add comments to check-c++-types.sh. * scripts/check-c++-types.sh: Add comments. --- scripts/check-c++-types.sh | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') 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 # . + +# 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 <