ossp-pkg/uuid/ChangeLog 1.132 -> 1.133
--- ChangeLog 2006/08/02 13:11:09 1.132
+++ ChangeLog 2006/10/06 08:32:40 1.133
@@ -11,7 +11,28 @@
This is a list of all changes to OSSP uuid.
For a more brief summary please have a look at the NEWS file.
- Changes between 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 (31-Jul-2006 to xx-Aug-2006)
+ Changes between 1.5.1 and 1.6.0 (31-Jul-2006 to 05-Oct-2006)
+
+ o Change type of "data_ptr" argument in uuid_export() API signature
+ from "void **" to "void *" as there is unfortunately no
+ "generic pointer to pointer type" in ISO C (see also
+ http://c-faq.com/ptrs/genericpp.html) and "void **" is just a
+ "pointer to a 'void *'".
+
+ The "void **" especially had the nasty side-effect that it breaks
+ strict pointer aliasing rules of ISO C and hence would require
+ fiddling with temporary variables on all uuid_export() calls if
+ one would be 100% correct and avoid aliasing related compiler
+ warnings. Instead, as uuid_export() internally has to cast the
+ "data_ptr" to the particular expected type anyway, it is better
+ to have "data_ptr" just be a really generic "void *" in the API
+ signature.
+
+ Keep in mind that although this is an API change, it doesn't cause
+ any incompatibilities as the function still expects the same
+ "pointer to a pointer of a particular type". This expected pointer
+ is just now passed the more correct although less intuitive way.
+ [Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>, Ralf S. Engelschall]
o Optional DMALLOC based memory debugging support.
[Ralf S. Engelschall]
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