Bug#369453: Bug 369453 User Context Switching
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 03:54:05AM -0700, Herman Swartz wrote:
> Then, since these functions were removed from Posix 2008, should the support of these same functions be removed for all the other platforms?
>
No, we can't break the ABI, so they will stay (almost) forever. But it
means that it probably won't be supported by new architectures or new
operating systems and become less and less portable. That's why they
should be avoided.
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