[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libcxx] adds size-based `__split_buffer` representation to unstable ABI (PR #139632)

[Nikolas Klauser via libcxx-commits]

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@@ -78,23 +80,260 @@ public:
                       __split_buffer,
                       void>;
 
-  pointer __first_;
-  pointer __begin_;
-  pointer __end_;
-  _LIBCPP_COMPRESSED_PAIR(pointer, __cap_, allocator_type, __alloc_);
+  struct __data {
+    pointer __first_ = nullptr;
+    pointer __begin_ = nullptr;
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philnik777 wrote:

Why is that a problem? We can just introduce a `__begin()` helper. This layout change is also (arguably mostly) affecting `deque`, so we might as well go all the way.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/139632