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Re: rethinking @def*


From: pertusus
Subject: Re: rethinking @def*
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:02:45 +0200

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 04:58:10PM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> Compare this to a C library 'foo' that wants to have a stable ABI for
> all of its functions, making older programs link and run successfully
> with newer library versions: it is impossible to change any public
> header files without breaking it.[*] Obviously, I equate the ABI with
> texinfo's output formatting.

That's here that we differ.  To me the ABI is more like the syntax, and
the semantics, the formatting is the implementation.

-- 
Pat



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