>> ... 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

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