[PATCH] D12685: Document the stability policy for LLVM-C APIs.

[Eric Christopher via llvm-commits]

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> What we HAVE now is the LLVM-C API -- and it's actually pretty damn good.

>  What it needs is the ability to continue to evolve alongside changes in the

>  underlying LLVM library, without being held back (and without threats of

>  deletion) due to concerns of exposing "too much" functionality.

> 

> That's what this proposal is about.

> 

> The minimal effect of a policy here needs to be that LLVM developers are

>  comfortable enough to allow new APIs to be added to the LLVM-C API set,

>  without objecting each time.


A specific issue I have with this proposal for what it's worth is the
explosion of functions in the C API. Not the surface area, but the number.
I see a future (perhaps jaded) that looks like a walk through the history
of evolving C++ API as more and more things are wrapped and changed and
rewrapped and changed. That said, I might be picturing it wrong?

-eric


http://reviews.llvm.org/D12685