RE: API compatibility question
- From: Murray Cumming Comneon com
- To: alexl redhat com, desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: RE: API compatibility question
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:47:37 +0100
[snip]
> i'd
> like to make gnome_icon_lookup, that takes a GnomeIconTheme
> take a GtkIconTheme instead. To secure ABI backwards
> compatibility the new gnome_icon_lookup looks at
> GNOME_IS_ICON_THEME (icon_theme), and automatically gets the
> wrapped GtkIconTheme if you pass in a GnomeIconTheme.
Personally, I'd prefer a new function in this case. But we have done similar
sneaky things in GTK+ which cause minor API breaks without causing ABI
breaks.
Murray Cumming
www.murrayc.com
murrayc usa net
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