Re: [libxml++] [patch] Global initialization code

[Thomas Jarosch <thomas jarosch intra2net com>]

On Thursday 16 June 2005 19:27, you wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 19:20, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> > Murray Cumming wrote:
> > >>I implemented the code like I wrote above. And it works :-)
> > >>It's not ABI compatible as the new library doesn't contain the static
> > >> init object, but it's 100% API compatile. -> It's best to bumb the .so
> > >> version for the next release.
> > >
> > > That would be highly undesirable. ABI compatibility must be maintained
> > > until we have a really good reason to break it.
> >
> > What is holding you back from making the global init object do strictly
> > nothing, so its only purpose is to keep ABI compatibility and users may
> > or may not use it in their application ?
> >
> > Then, you are ready to remove it when you have other reasons to break
> > ABI compatibility.
>
> This is a great idea. I'll cook up a new version of the patch the next
> days.

I was typing faster than thinking... doing nothing is not possible
as libxml2 needs to be initialized. IMHO there is no ABI compatible
way of replacing the global initialization code, is there?

Thomas