From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5381BBB91 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0EFPAtx022945 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:11 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA27229 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from qrnik.knm.org.pl (paf87.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl [217.96.225.87]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0EFP9ba022933 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:10 +0100 Received: from qrczak by qrnik.knm.org.pl with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1CpTJv-00047v-00 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:03 +0100 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] binary compatibility of 3.08.3 X-Face: OW>RV&gN+&b-aiNY|U)f=S%w+/rK!);f>/W9IXg})]&F>ht.1Up8@04+_!gOp(_/l_-+E^. 2\vI)1=D,%HWiq)r(M/V~dr^5T^KF/[w5YZ4<0Sus3+O>l3uA/&W_21m?.s,Po8{pb0@ References: <99C2C114-6583-11D9-B72B-000D9345235C@inria.fr> <20050113184137.GA24040@fistandantilus.takhisis.org> <20050113.150239.95895778.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> From: "Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@inria.fr Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20050113.150239.95895778.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> (Jacques Garrigue's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:02:39 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <873bx4jank.fsf@qrnik.zagroda> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41E7E456.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41E7E455.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 binary:01 bug:01 compiler:01 binary:01 cmi:01 writes:01 jacques:01 probability:01 purely:02 unchanged:02 garrigue:03 garrigue:03 fix:04 exported:04 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: Jacques Garrigue writes: > Any bug fix in the compiler has a very high probability of breaking > binary compatibility. This is due to the fact interface digests depend > on the indices of internal identifiers, so that purely internal > changes may break compatibility, eventhough the cmi format is left > unchanged. Wouldn't it be better if exported names did not have unique numbers in them? -- __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@knm.org.pl ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/