On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:16:04 +0200, Zdenek Kabelac <zkabe...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 27.8.2010 12:02, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:26:59 +0200, Zdenek Kabelac wrote: > > > >> Why keeping different name for C++ and C ? > >> > > Because changing the name for C means breaking API for existing users, > > which is not a nice thing to do. > > > > > Well if DRM would have very stable API - it would make sence - but from a > view > of occasional user who needs to compile drm for intel driver - it seems the > API is changed so frequently and in such an incompatible way that this change > doesn't look all that bad. > > How many libdrm project users are there - and how often is this variable used > outside of libdrm ? > > Now C++ will use different names for same variables - that IMHO bigger > issue... > > Also - if headers are supposed to be C++ friendly - maybe usage of > extern "C" might be handy for such case ?
Uh, you claim the API has changed, but I'm not aware of any circumstance since TTM removal where upgrading libdrm on Intel should have broken either API or ABI for its users. Can you back that up?
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