[Fribidi-discuss] type of fribidi_iso8859_8_to_unicode changed in CVS

[dov at imagic.weizmann.ac.il]

I second Omer on that. I don't like the fribidix_ prefix either.
Remember you are allowed to break interfaces every now and then. 8-)
The define suggested by Omer should do the job.

Regards,
Dov

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 03:03:48AM +0200, Omer Zak wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> 
> >
> > Well, I will assume that for others it suffice too ;-), any idea about
> > the new namespace? I want to deprecate the old ones, and ask people to
> > use the new ones, but got no idea, fribidix_... (fribixi extended api,
> > as will be extended more in 0.10.1) seems good to me...
> 
> I don't like the fribidix_ prefix.  What if you'll need to change the
> interface from 1.* to 2.*?  Will we have to use fribidixx_ then?
> 
> I suggest to require people, who need the old interface, to define a macro
> (say FRIBIDI_0_9_0_INTERFACE_WANTED) before #include <fribidi.h>. The
> macro will cause all functions with incompatible interfaces to be
> redefined as macros, which eventually invoke functions with the new
> interfaces.
> 
> fribidi.h will include the following (for each function whose interface
> has changed):
> 
> #ifdef FRIBIDI_0_9_0_INTERFACE_WANTED
> void fribidi_old_func(a,b,c);
> #define fribidi_func(a,b,c) fribidi_old_func((a),(b),(c))
> #endif /* FRIBIDI_0_9_0_INTERFACE_WANTED */
> 
> fribidi.c will include the following:
> 
> #ifdef FRIBIDI_0_9_0_INTERFACE_WANTED
> #undef fribidi_func
> void fribidi_old_func(a,b,c)
> {
>   fribidi_func(a,strlen(a),b,c)
> }
> #endif /* FRIBIDI_0_9_0_INTERFACE_WANTED */
> void fribidi_func(a,len_a,b,c)
> {
>   ... actual code ...
> }
> 
> 
> DISCLAIMER:  I haven't actually tried to compile or run the above.
> 
>                                              --- Omer
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