ABI array format
Janice Caron
caron800 at googlemail.com
Wed Dec 19 23:05:42 PST 2007
On 12/20/07, Walter Bright <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> I recommend treating array contents as an opaque type, and call the C
> functions using array.ptr and array.length. That way, you'll be insured
> against implementation changes.
Obviously, I agree with that. But...
I recommend changing the documentation on
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/abi.html, which states in black and white
not only that the layout is not opaque, but tells you what's inside
it. Folk can hardly be blamed for relying on that.
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