Re: libiberty: hashtab allocation functions with an extra argument

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 01:16:00PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > I object to binary compatibility as a constraint on libiberty.
> 
> It's at least a consideration, especially when you try to mix released
> versions of gnu packages in one build tree.

Not for this sort of change, which is _source-compatible_.

> > It is never built as a shared library,
> 
> Except on *BSD.
> 
> > so enforcing binary compatibility is pointless.
> 
> Except that we *have* had problems when we make noncompatible changes.
> 
> > Furthermore, this has not historically been a requirement;
> 
> I always watch for such issues.  I try to avoid such changes because
> historically they have caused problems.

What kind of problems would changing the size of the hashtab struct
cause?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer