On 12.04.2017 14:50, Savolainen, Petri (Nokia - FI/Espoo) wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:32 PM
>> To: Petri Savolainen <[email protected]>; lng-
>> [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [lng-odp] [API-NEXT PATCH v2 0/4] Deprecated macros
>>
>> On 30.03.2017 16:58, Petri Savolainen wrote:
>>> Replaced ODP_DEPRECATED macro (which was based on GCC __attribute__)
>> with
>>> compiler independent mechanism to control if deprecated API definitions
>> are
>>> visible to the application. ODP_DEPRECATED_API can be used both in
>> application
>>> and implementation to check if deprecated APIs are enabled. By default
>> those are
>>> disabled. Implementation may optimize the normal (new API) code path.
>>>
>>> ODP_DEPRECATE() macro is used to rename definitions, so that data
>> structure
>>> sizes are equal on both options. This enables implementation to serve
>> both
>>> options with a single library (if it wishes to do so).
>>
>> My main question remains as it was before: is it possible for the
>> distribution to supply (unoptimized) ODP binary and headers and then for
>> the application to select if it builds with or without deprecated API
>> using that binary/headers?
> 
> 
> Yes. This patch set keeps the same struct fields/etc for both modes - only 
> the names are scrambled (with __deprecated_ prefix) when deprecated APIs are 
> not supported (the default).

If so. Consider I have built and installed ODP headers & binary built
with --enable-deprecated-api.

How do I build:

- application that uses deprecated API?
  [I assume that the answer to this question is trivial: just build as is].

- application that wants to be sure that it does not use deprecated API?


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry

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