On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 01:40:01PM +0200, tvali wrote: > On 24/03/06, Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:38, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > > > Cons: > > > - it's not the final solution to the problem, as said, interfaces > > > would be better... but interfaces would demand much more effort and > > > not being automatically generated, would be async and probably > > > incorrect at some point > > > > Interfaces, while nice, would overcomplicate things. They are also not > > needed as we have depend atoms. > > > > Paul > > Interface can be made somewhat automatically checkable. Checking the interfaces/symbols sucks however, because you can only do it _after_ you've built whatever you're building (packages do adjust the defines/typedefs/structs dependant on configure/build options).
As I stated earlier, bincompat (not binslot paul :P) is the route to go- it gives you up front information so a resolver can plan out what has to be rebuilt automatically. ~harring
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