On 03/31/11 16:21, Vlad Khorsun wrote: >> On 03/31/11 15:28, Vlad Khorsun wrote: >>>> On the other hand I see no problems with adding that method to our >>>> interfaces, specially if it's needed to make Delphi people life easier. >>>> It does not conflict with our versioning support. >>> Unfortunately it is not enough. To be binary compatible with IUnknown >>> (not with Delphi itself but with well known stantard interface) we should >>> use >>> stdcall also. So, we can be compatible and abandon upgradeInterface, or >>> not compatible and don't add confusion introducing queryInterface. >> Vlad, if really needed we can make 3 first functions in our interface to >> use stdcall. This breaks nothing. > And all other functions still will be cdecl ? Don't looks as beauty to me > :( Vlad, I can agree that this is a bit strange, but if we forget about emotions - absolutely nothing bad. Functions from base Firebird::Interface never require upgrade - they are always present. > Regards, > Vlad > > PS I'm not insisting on binary compatibility with IUnknown. I just want to > make it > clear - are we compatible or not. Currently - certainly not.
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