On 15 Oct 2002, Brian Pane wrote:

> major number.  If the patch added fields in the middle of the
> struct, thus breaking binary compatibility, then it would be
> a problem.

Even adding at the end can break binary compat, since sizeof(conn_rec)
changes, so you might have 3rd party code that allocates too little space.
Assuming there is ever a case where 3rd party code allocates conn_rec's,
that is.

--Cliff

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