From kde-core-devel  Tue Jul 13 17:19:53 2004
From: David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:19:53 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Kcontrol memory leak
Message-Id: <200407131919.53964.faure () kde ! org>
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On Tuesday 13 July 2004 19:09, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> What about library compatibility? Is it possible adding that methods to 
> KCModule without breaking stuff? 

You can always add non-virtual methods, that's no problem.
See the binary-compatibility paper on developer.kde.org

> (i do not know but i have seen comments like  
> this function should be never called but don't remove before 4.0 so we don't 
> loose compatibility)
Removing is a problem, but the suggestion here is to add, so no problem.

I think this is a good solution too.

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