On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 07:33:54AM -0500, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >... > If I can get that semantics change done on optional fns/hooks so we can > avoid all mmn version bumps for optional fn/hooks, I think that would also > cut down on the bumps for foreign modules. Will look to make some > progress and post an example patch by Friday morning.
Well, you always want to do a minor bump when you introduce new APIs. A minor bump should not invalidate any old code, but it provides a way for modules to recognize when new APIs are available (especially nice with the optional hooks, but also fine for compile-time). Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/