On 24 August 2015 at 08:04, Jörg Schaible <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sebb, > > sebb wrote: > >> On 23 August 2015 at 23:19, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Author: dbrosius >>> Date: Sun Aug 23 22:19:04 2015 >>> New Revision: 1697267 >>> >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1697267 >>> Log: >>> remove the need for casting at the clone() call site >> >> -1 >> >> I was hoping to reduce the number of API changes to the minimum, so we >> can potentially release a >> version that is binary compatible with 5.2. > > Are you sure that this is binary incompatible? IIRC it is safe to adjust the > return type of clone here.
It's not binary compatible because the return type is part of the method signature. I think it may well be source compatible. > Cheers, > Jörg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
