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

[Thomas Jarosch <thomas jarosch intra2net com>]

Good morning,

On Friday 17 June 2005 09:34, Christophe de VIENNE 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?
>
> I think so, with the global init doing nothing IF an environnement variable
> "LIBXMLPP_NO_STATIC_INIT" has been defined.

This still requires recompilation and is therefore not ABI compatible, IMHO.

Cheers,
Thomas