Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:52:31 +0100 | From | Andreas Mohr <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] generic sys_old_select |
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> There is, however, a reason *not* to do it which should be carefully > considered: by co-locating the compatibility version with the modern > version, it gets access to static functions that are part of the > implementation of the modern version. If we move the compatibility > versions out, it may entail having to export those statics. > > -hpa
Hmm, do I hear a reason to simply fully #include the (newly separated) old-style .c file from within the new-style .c file? Not necessarily a wonderful approach, but perhaps it beats doing a "correct full separation" and thus having a couple new-born (and unhappy ;) exports any day?
Andreas Mohr
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