Re: genksyms analysis

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 21:42:40 -0600


Hello Eric,

> This is an idea that has been bouncing around in my head.
> Could we have modules that exported an old interface?

In my opinion, a lot of work with little payoff. I'd rather focus
on making the type signatures better in the first place.

In principle, even-numbered kernel versions shouldn't ever need to change
the interface of an exported symbol, and users of odd-numbered kernel
versions should be prepared to recompile anyways.

Michael Chastain
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