>
> An API which you can't compile up against, isn't very useful though! A 
> programmer could manually introspect the C files and make the headers 
> himself, but in Google's case, that would be over 700 files.


Publishing only an API or perhaps maknig everything available in source form 
etc doesnt really change the fact for me that interface and internals are 
really just views from different observers of the same thing. Whether i give 
you a nice text file or you have to reverse engineer some binary really does 
not make an difference you can still "see" my and learn about my creation 
that is my api. Its just nicer and perhaps makes your product more appealing 
for others if thats your wish if you publish your apis rather than make 
others reverse engineer.

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