Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
> Matthias Loepfe wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I just realized that SSLeay-0.9.0 and OpenSSL-0.9.2 are not binary compatible
> > at all (I'm using shared libs). It seems that at least some structures have
> > changed in a incompatible way.
> >
> > What is the policy (if there is one at all) for the future regarding binary
> > compatibility?
> 
> Because SSLeay uses so many macros that directly access structures,
> maintaing binary compatibility is rather tricky. It may be that it is
> worth working towards a position where compatibility is possible, but I
> don't think we are there at the moment.

I absolutely agree, but I think we should realy haeding towards a position 
where compatibility is possible. Probably this work could be combined with a
future C++ binding. What do you think?

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben.
> 
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