[avr-libc-dev] Re: [avr-gcc-list] Please have a look at avr-libc patch #3750

[Russell Shaw]

Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> Patch URL:
>
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=3750
>
> Almost unnoticed went that patch that has been contributed by Ted
> Roth, at a time when he had already `retired' from the project.
>
> My only concern about it is that it would constitute an API change for
> the stdio API, so all users of the current API would have to change
> their sources.  OTOH, we've always threated that API changes might
> happen in the preamble of the stdio documentation:
>
> http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/group__avr__stdio.html
>
> What do people think, is this an acceptable reason for an API change?

I'd rather adapt to a newer and better api than continue with old junk.