> On Jan 10, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Peter Waltenberg <pwal...@au1.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The point of using accessor FUNCTIONS is that the code doesn't break if the
> structure size or offsets of fields in the underlying structures change
> across binaries.
>
> Where that mainly has an impact is updating the crypto/ssl libs underneath
> existing binaries is more likely to just work.
>
> #defines in the headers do not help at all here.
Well, this is why 1.1.0 is switching to functions, and making
the structures opaque. As a result 1.1.0 is NOT binary
compatible with 1.0.x. It is too late to change 1.0.x.
It will be easier to maintain a stable ABI starting with 1.1.0.
Switching from 1.0.x to 1.1.0 will require re-compilation, and
some source code changes.
--
Viktor.
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