24 Apr
2006
24 Apr
'06
6:12 p.m.
On 4/24/06, tom christie <christie.tom(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In the former, any change in the descriptor structure
will always break
backwards compatibility.
In the later, new functions can extend the core functionality without
breaking backwards compatibility in any way.
Actually, just adding a large-ish chunk of reserved padding at the end
of the descriptor struct can accomplish the same goal, as long as you
are only adding new functions to the API. That, along with a version
field also in the struct.
jlc