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API change in SVN
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:21 pm
by mgarraha
Revision 3739 adds const modifiers to some API methods:
- Force::createImpl
ForceImpl::getOwner
If you are implementing "MyForce" in a plugin, this requires similar changes to:
- MyForce::createImpl
MyForceImpl::MyForceImpl
MyForceImpl::getOwner
MyForceImpl::owner
This won't be part of release 5.1, will it?
Re: API change in SVN
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:58 pm
by peastman
Yes, this will be in 5.1. And yes, it will require adding a const modifier to a few methods in plugins. Is that a problem for you?
Peter
Re: API change in SVN
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:47 pm
by mgarraha
The 5.1 beta does not have those const modifiers, so at the moment our plugin has one version for the 5.1 beta and one for the head of the svn trunk. I'd like to find a way to make the same plugin source compatible with either 5.0 or 5.1 at compile time. If that isn't possible, we'll probably have to say our plugin requires 5.1.
Re: API change in SVN
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:30 pm
by peastman
Sorry about that. We try hard to maintain source level compatibility as far as client code is concerned, but plugins often need (hopefully minor) code changes to work with new releases.
Peter