Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: source-changes
Date: 01/05/2001 22:02:26
According to Jason R Thorpe:
>
> > Log Message:
> > * Changed type of userptr to be void * (now matches ncurses)
> > * Bumped lib major version due to above.
>
>What was the type before?
>

It was a "char *" before which was the original AT&T definition back
in the days before "void *" was invented.

>  If it was already a pointer of some type,
>you don't need to change the major, because it doesn't change the ABI.
>

Hmmm ok - it's too late now I suppose and I don't think it matters too
much since libform does not have any dependent libs.

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