Dec. 26, 2010
6:46 p.m.
Hi Eliot, Am 26.12.10 19:11 schrieb Eliot Miranda:
What exactly does "Alien callouts will die" mean? Does it mean that the Alien class library is deprecated and will be replaced by a new version of FFI? Or is it something else?
It means what it says; that the callout primitives in Alien will die and all the rest will remain. Â FFI callouts will accept Aliens and, because they have type information, render the Alien call-outs redundant and problematic. Â The Alien data representation and callback facilities will be retained.
Thanks for the clarification! This sounds as if upgrading a class library from the current version of Alien to the new one won't be much work. Joachim Geidel