From kde-devel  Mon Jul 24 05:08:24 2023
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:08:24 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: RFC: Library unit testing and symbol visibility
Message-Id: <2176396.C4sosBPzcN () tjmaciei-mobl5>
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On Sunday, 23 July 2023 07:16:05 PDT Stefan Br=FCns wrote:
> 3. ?
>=20
> Kind regards,

Qt's solution is that it builds in a "build for testing" mode (it defines t=
he=20
QT_BUILD_INTERNAL macro, for historical reasons meaning "internal to=20
Trolltech") in which extra symbols are exported using the Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT=
=20
macro. This allows developers and CI systems to enable the extra API withou=
t=20
needing to affect users.

The CI also tests non-"internal build" builds, so the tests must check whet=
her=20
they are in that mode before using a autotest-exported symbol.

=2D-=20
Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
   Software Architect - Intel DCAI Cloud Engineering