libjodycode is a software code library containing code shared among several of the programs written by Jody Bruchon such as imagepile, jdupes, winregfs, and zeromerge. These shared pieces of code were copied between each program as they were updated. As the number of programs increased and keeping these pieces of code synced became more annoying, the decision was made to combine all of them into a single reusable shared library.
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In libjodycode 2.0 a new version table was introduced that maintains a separate version number for each logical section of the library. If something in the library changes in a way that's no longer compatible with previous versions, this version table paired with the provided "libjodycode_check.c/.h" files will allow the linked program to verify that the sections of the library it actually uses have not changed, ignoring the rest. This has a significant advantage over the simpler whole-API version system because the program itself can detect if the library it's linked to is still compatible enough to safely continue.
The provided version check code reports detailed information about the problem in a way that is both understandable by users and informative to maintainers.
libjodycode 3.0 introduced a new "feature level" number which changes on every revision to the public API. Programs can check this number against the number that corresponds to the newest library interface that they use. Whenever any function or variable is added to the public API this number will increase. To find the number your program should store and check against this number, find every interface you use documented in FEATURELEVELS.txt and choose the highest feature level number out of those.
Bug reports/feature requests: https://github.com/jbruchon/libjodycode/issues
All other libjodycode inquiries: contact Jody Bruchon [email protected]
libjodycode is Copyright (C) 2014-2023 by Jody Bruchon [email protected]
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