compatibility

As far as I've understood, it is not possible to link libraries that use different versions of GCC's Application Binary Interface (ABI). Are there ABI changes to every version of GCC? Is it possible to link a library built with 4.3.1 if I use, say, GCC 4.3.2? Is there a matrix of some sort that lists all the ways I can combine GCC versions? ablaeul The official ABI page points to an ABIcheck . This tool may do, what you want. Since gcc-3.4.0, the ABI is forward compatible. I.E. a library made using an older release can be linked with a newer one and it should work (the reverse doesn't).

I'm working on a certain C++ library (or more framework). I want to make it backward compatible with previous versions preserving not only API compatibility but also ABI (like the great job Qt does). I use lots of functionality of Boost and it seems for me that this makes backward compatibility just impossible, unless I force a user to have exactly the same (sometimes old) version of Boost. Is there any way (without rewriting 1/2 of Boost) to make some "prefix" around its namespace/rename it in order to prevent it from interfering with a user version of Boost? For example my libXYZ uses Boost

I'm having a problem with good ol' bdeadmin.exe in Vista. First, let's get the predictable responses out of the way: "You should not require your application to be elevated." This one does. C'est la vie. "You need to embed a manifest file." It is already compiled, it is many years old, the company that created it has no intention of doing it again, and it is installed from a Merge Module (MSM file). "BDE is obsolete, you should be using dbExpress" One and a half million lines of code. 'Nuff said. "Drop a manifest file next to the EXE." Tried that, did nothing. As a test, that same manifest

I'm trying to tint an image prior to Android API level 21. I've successfully tinted items using: <android:tint="@color/red"/> However, I can't seem to figure out how to do this through code on an ImageView: Drawable iconDrawable = this.mContext.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.somedrawable); DrawableCompat.setTint(iconDrawable, this.mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.red)); imageView.setImageDrawable(iconDrawable); I've tried setting the TintMode but this seems to make no different. Am I using the v4 compatibility class DrawableCompat incorrectly? The simplest way to tint cross

Is enabling Safe Area Layout Guides compatible to iOS below 11? I managed to work with the new Safe Area layout guides and maintain backwards compatibility with iOS 9 and iOS 10: (EDIT: as pointed out in the comments by @NickEntin, this implementation will presume there is a status bar present, which won't be true in landscape on the iPhone X. Resulting in to much space to the top (20 points). It will run perfectly fine however. E.g. if you want a view to be 10 points below the status bar (and 10 points below the sensor housing on iPhone X): In your XIB, go to File Inspector and enable the