On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 04:58:10PM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Compare this to a C library 'foo' that wants to have a stable ABI for > all of its functions, making older programs link and run successfully > with newer library versions: it is impossible to change any public > header files without breaking it.[*] Obviously, I equate the ABI with > texinfo's output formatting.
That's here that we differ. To me the ABI is more like the syntax, and the semantics, the formatting is the implementation. -- Pat