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Re: [PATCH] Add user-facing weak pair API
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Peter Bex |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Add user-facing weak pair API |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Jun 2023 23:20:08 +0200 |
On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 11:12:40PM +0200, Peter Bex wrote:
> Dear hackers,
>
> At the Village CHICKENs event, I gave a presentation about how we could
> add "proper" support for weak pairs, so that they can be exposed to the
> user. Right now we have half-baked support for weak pairs as a hidden
> implementation detail of the symbol table.
PS: I'm not sure if this should go into 5.4 or 6.0. On the one hand,
it's a relatively minor addition to the API. On the other hand, if
anyone wants to rely on it we might need to provide a feature for it
whereas in 6.0 it would be trivial.
Do we even want to make a 5.4 release at all?
Cheers,
Peter
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