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more about virtual functions access specifier changing

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Vadim Zeitlin
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@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@ The changes that are NOT binary compatible:
even a default one) even a default one)
- Changing the order of the virtual functions in a class - Changing the order of the virtual functions in a class
["switching" them, etc.] ["switching" them, etc.]
- Changing access privileges to a function (protected to private etc.) - Changing access privileges of a function: some compilers (among which MSVC)
[unlike KDE we need to support windows so this is not allowed] use the function access specifier in its mangled name. Moreover, while
changing a private function to public should be compatible (as the old
symbol can't be referenced from outside the library anyhow), changing a
virtual private function to public is NOT compatible because the old symbol
is referenced by the virtual tables in the executable code and so an old
program compiled with MSVC wouldn't start up with a new DLL even if it
doesn't use the affected symbol at all!
- Adding a member variable - Adding a member variable
- Changing the order of non-static member variables - Changing the order of non-static member variables