[Tomas Kukosa <tomas.kukosa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joerg Mayer wrote:
> Just an idea: Why use a version number? Maybe a hash over the generated
> exported apis would be more useful.

With the version number the plugin can check or exact version number or
it can peform test for "version x.x.x or higher" or whatever else is necessary.

See my example:

/*--- version ---------------------------------------------------------------*/
G_MODULE_EXPORT const gchar version[] = PLUGIN_VERSION;

/*--- plugin_init -----------------------------------------------------------*/
G_MODULE_EXPORT void plugin_init(plugin_address_table_t *pat) {

  /* initialise the table of pointers needed in Win32 DLLs */
  plugin_address_table_init(pat);

#if CHK_VER  /* 0.10.5 or later */
  if (strcmp(epan_version, VERSION)) {
    g_error("HiPath plugin: %s\n"
            "Plugin is compiled for Ethereal %s but running version is %s",
            version, VERSION, epan_version);
    return;
  }
#endif

...



>  ciao
>          Joerg

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