>> ... the maintainer cannot introduce the change breaking the >> backward compatibility ... > > Which is why I suggested a change that would *not* break backward > incompatibility. Whatever code that might actually exist that checks > for an error code can continue to do so.
It would be very useful if you could show us a practical example. For example, HarfBuzz (which is admittedly C++) never calls `abort' or `exit' within the library code... Werner _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list Freetype@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype