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  23 To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>,\r
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  25 Subject: Re: NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS problematic across additive library\r
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  55 On Mon, Dec 07 2015, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:\r
  56 > In particular, if a user builds against version X of the library, then\r
  57 > version X+1 is released with a new status code (but no\r
  58 > backward-incompatible API/ABI changes that would require an SONAME\r
  59 > bump), then the value of NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS would change, but\r
  60 > the application using notmuch wouldn't know about it.\r
  61 \r
  62 Can you envision a scenario where this would actually lead to a bug?\r
  63 \r
  64 It's meant to provide a convenience. It's clearly documented as "not an\r
  65 actual status value", so, yes, no client code should ever be passing\r
  66 that value into the library.\r
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  68 -Carl\r
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