Re: history of ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API ?

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 13:46 -0500, Michael Gong wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I saw the macro "ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API" used heavily in the orbit2 code
> base, and it looks like that macro is always defined in Makefile. So I
> am curious about why it was used initially ? Did anyone know a bit of
> its history ?

It seems to have been introduced in this ChangeLog entry:

2001-10-30  Mark McLoughlin  <[email protected]>

	* include/orbit/*/*.h: wrap all internal defines in #ifdef
	ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API and all defines for the benefits of
	stubs/skels in #ifdef ORBIT2_STUBS_API.

	* include/orbit/orb-core/Makefile.am: don't install empty
	files.

	* include/orbit/util/Makefile.am: ditto.

	* src/idl-compiler/Makefile.am: define ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API.

	* src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl-c-common.c:
	(orbit_idl_output_c_common): define ORBIT2_STUBS_API in
	generated code.

	* src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl-c-skels.c:
	(orbit_idl_output_c_skeletons): ditto.

	* src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl-c-stubs.c:
	* (orbit_idl_output_c_stubs): ditto.

	* src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl-c-headers.c: (ch_output_types):
	don't define exception marshallers in small mode.

	* src/orb/GIOP/Makefile.am:
	* src/orb/Makefile.am:
	* src/orb/dynamic/Makefile.am:
	* src/orb/orb-core/Makefile.am:
	* src/orb/poa/Makefile.am:
	* src/orb/util/Makefile.am: define ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API.

	* src/orb/util/genrand.c: don't include genrand.h.

	* src/orb/util/genrand.h: kill, duplicate of
	include/orbit/util/orbit-genrand.h.

	* test/Makefile.am:
	* test/everything/Makefile.am: define ORBIT2_INTERNAL_API.

HTH,
  jules