[LLVMdev] std::cout << *MyModule does not work anymore

[Eli Friedman]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Chris Lattner<clattner at apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Albert Graef wrote:
>
>> Chris Lattner wrote:
>>> Given that we don't guarantee backwards compatibility and prefer to
>>> keep
>>> our APIs clean and tidy, why should we take this?
>>
>> I already said that: To make it easier for out-of-tree frontends to
>> support at least the last few LLVM versions. If that's a low priority
>> then don't. I can live with it.
>
> I don't understand how that can be.  We have made *many dramatic API
> changes* in those releases, surely this isn't the only problem you
> have hit.  Are you using the C++ APIs?  We try to keep the C apis as
> stable as possible, is it possible to use those?
>
> Just to be clear, I'm not trying to be a butthead about this :).  I
> just see that API stability in almost a binary way: you either try to
> keep it or not.  If not, I don't think that trying to paper over small
> changes like this is worth it.

Mmm... I agree in general, but I think it's worth considering that
this change could silently hit someone updating from an older version
of LLVM.

-Eli