Re: [Firebird-devel] Reference counters in API

[Alex P. <pes...@ma...>]

 On 03/31/11 16:21, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>> On 03/31/11 15:28, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>>>> On the other hand I see no problems with adding that method to our
>>>> interfaces, specially if it's needed to make Delphi people life easier.
>>>> It does not conflict with our versioning support.
>>>     Unfortunately it is not enough. To be binary compatible with IUnknown
>>> (not with Delphi itself but with well known stantard interface) we should use
>>> stdcall also. So, we can be compatible and abandon upgradeInterface, or 
>>> not compatible and don't add confusion introducing queryInterface.
>> Vlad, if really needed we can make 3 first functions in our interface to
>> use stdcall. This breaks nothing.
>     And all other functions still will be cdecl ? Don't looks as beauty to me :(
Vlad, I can agree that this is a bit strange, but if we forget about
emotions - absolutely nothing bad.
Functions from base Firebird::Interface never require upgrade - they are
always present.
> Regards,
> Vlad
>
> PS I'm not insisting on binary compatibility with IUnknown. I just want to make it 
>     clear - are we compatible or not.
Currently - certainly not.