Re: [Open-beos-cvs]CVS: current/src/tests/add-ons/kernel/disk_scanner DiskScannerTest.cpp,1.7,1.8

Ingo Weinhold <bonefish-CFLBMwTPW48UNGrzBIF7/[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, that is done. What I wonder is, whether this specifies the 
> version
> of the API the module is written for or simply the version of the 
> module.
> I, for any reason, thought, it meant the latter...
> Or should modules also export an `api=5Fversion' variable=3F I can't 
> remember
> having read that they should.

The module string just specifies an API, it doesn't necessarily refer 
to a version. As long as the API doesn't change, the module name won't 
change, too.
Since kernel add-ons can export several APIs (under different names, 
regardless of the internal version of the add-on), it can provide 
backwards compatibility with other modules requiring that API.

Adios...
   Axel.