On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:47:13 -0500 "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 21 > > I do not like changing every backend. but if we can change little > > in dll/"real" 1.1 backends that would be fine. > > > > if the dll backend had no mechanism to determine existence of the call > beforehand, i assume it would segfault. besides, this assumes that all > callers will link against the dll backend exclusively- every backend > exports the same interface, so that frontends can link against them > directly. i would not want to break that. mm think I had missed this. > so- if we want to protect front-ends from the updated backends- the > only mechanism we have is a well-known option. instead of a boolean, > how about a string list- then a backend can report what versions of > the standard it supports, and the frontend or user can chose. I guess that would work! :) -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it
