Re: Resolution to my MCH3601 problem

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

From what I understand of this tread, never coding it myself, even if it
was coded as suggested, wouldn't the program still have to be recompiled
to include the new structure as described in the header file?

So wouldn't the change to the API need to be in the APIs by release?

Or is there something I'm not understanding about the issue.  I have started
to use some API's myself and this topic is of interest to me.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

bvining@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> 
<SNIP> 
> And yes, change flags (though no longer vertical lines in the margin)
> continue to exist in the online API docs.  As for a summary booklet
> of what might affect existing programs, the manual for that is the
> Memo to Users.  The Memo to Users however does not point out changes
> to APIs that can impact improperly coded programs (like inadvertently
> retrieving 1000 bytes of data to a structure sized for 500).
> 
> Bruce
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