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From: "François Bobot" <francois.bobot@cea.fr>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] 4.03.0+beta2
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 10:00:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57021F03.8060705@cea.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160402115213.GD30016@frosties>

On 02/04/2016 13:52, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 04:01:42PM +0200, Damien Doligez wrote:
>> Dear OCaml users,
>>
>> OCaml release 4.03.0 will arrive in about 2 weeks.  We have
>> created a second beta version for your testing pleasure.  Please
>> test your favourite software with it and let me know whether it
>> works for you.
>>
>> If you are a library author, please make sure your library will
>> work with 4.03.0, and update it if needed.
>>
>> This beta version is available as an OPAM switch (4.03.0+beta2)
>> and also as source code at this address:
>>    http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-4.03/
>>
>> Happy hacking,
>>
>> -- Damien Doligez for the OCaml team.
>>
>>
>>
>> OCaml 4.03.0:
>> -------------
>>
>> - GPR#22: Add the Ephemeron module that implements ephemerons and weak
>>    hash table
>>    (François Bobot, review by Damien Doligez, Daniel Bünzli,
>>    Alain Frisch, Pierre Chambart)
>
> Does that include the discussed documentation and helper functions for
> accessing Weak.t from C bindings?
No, it will not [3]. You should follow the Github pull request [1]
linked in the mantis ticket you opened about this subject [2].

>
> Note: release notes should warn about Weak.t memory representaion
> being changed and code using it from C breaking.
>

On the other hand, the warning in the release note will be integrated [1]


Precision for others, there is no breaking if one use the not exported external function 
caml_weak_create/get/set. It only breaks if one use the not exported not documented layout of weak 
pointers.

[1]: https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/515
[2]: http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7173#c15533
[3]: https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/515#issuecomment-203946843

Best,

-- 
François Bobot

      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-04-04  8:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-01 14:01 Damien Doligez
2016-04-01 15:08 ` moosotc
2016-04-01 15:23   ` David Allsopp
2016-04-01 15:31     ` moosotc
2016-04-02 11:52 ` Goswin von Brederlow
2016-04-02 18:15   ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2016-04-04  8:00   ` François Bobot [this message]

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