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CoastalCoder on Dec 27, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Experimental Rust Feature: Safer Interoperable ABI

Does "C ABI" mean the same thing as each platform's system ABI?

E.g., on x86-64 Linux, the System V x86-64 ABI [0]?

[0] https://www.owalle.com/2021/12/30/function-calling-sequence/...

EDIT: Added a link to the ABI doc.

flohofwoe on Dec 27, 2022 [–]

IMHO yes, if you squint a bit, there's no such thing as a "C ABI", C compilers just happen to implement those CPU/OS specific ABIs without much 'translation work' going on.

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