Re: buf, buf1, buf2, arg: J J & E

From: Mike Breuer (mbreuer@new.rr.com)
Date: 07/21/01


From: "Mark Setzer" <mark@SETZ.ORG>
> hopefully my opinion is still valid, as i have a pretty big problem with
> this patch.

Far be it from me to tell someone his opinion is invalid.

> i'm not in charge of your guys' release cycle. but for crying out loud, even
> though we're still in this 3.0 beta stage, do we REALLY need to yank out
> code that invalidates the use of the majority of the serious patches for
> every previous release?

George's recent post contains several useful tips for converting over your
existing codebase.  Just patch in whatever you want and run it through a
quick search and replace, and fix anything the compiler still complains
about by hand.  Perhaps it would be wise to include a document on how to do
this for novice implementors.  Or at least this:
http://post.queensu.ca/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?A2=ind0107&L=circle&F=&S=&P=19812

Mike

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