From 9df49634f11f561ad9b5669124a4f2bd7179a559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:42:57 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- ev.pod | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'ev.pod') diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod index 3ad52c0..0657b7f 100644 --- a/ev.pod +++ b/ev.pod @@ -119,14 +119,17 @@ you actually want to know. =item int ev_version_minor () -You can find out the major and minor version numbers of the library +You can find out the major and minor API/ABI version numbers of the library you linked against by calling the functions C and C. If you want, you can compare against the global symbols C and C, which specify the version of the library your program was compiled against. +These version numbers refer to the API and ABI version of the library, not +the release version. + Usually, it's a good idea to terminate if the major versions mismatch, -as this indicates an incompatible change. Minor versions are usually +as this indicates an incompatible change. Minor versions are usually compatible to older versions, so a larger minor version alone is usually not a problem. -- cgit v1.2.3