Re: [cp-patches] add 1.5 peer methods

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 22:27 +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 21:32 -0400, Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:
> > I extended the peer interfaces and the Qt
> > peers accordingly.
> 
> Since you documented these clearly I guess it isn't a big problem, but
> do note that this will break source-compatibility with existing peers.
> Since I could not quickly find any other documentation of these
> extensions I doubt there are many existing peer implementations that
> already support the extensions. Does this impact the xlib peer in libgcj
> for example?

Probably; I'll update the xlib peers before the next libgcj merge.

As for the general problem of breaking peer code source compatibility
(for the sake of new 1.5 methods), I'd be interested in hearing
Stephane's opinion on whether it's acceptable or not.

Tom