Binary compatibility report for the libmemcached library between 0.25 and 0.26 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	libmemcached
Version #1	0.25
Version #2	0.26
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	11
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	70 / 76
Verdict	Incompatible (48.6%)

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	4
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	5
	Low	1
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	2
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Data Types	-	1
Other Changes in Constants	-	2

Added Symbols (4)

memcached.h, libmemcached.so.2.0.0
memcached_flush_buffers ( memcached_st* mem )
memcached_generate_hash_value ( char const* key, size_t key_length, enum memcached_hash hash_algorithm )

memcached_server.h, libmemcached.so.2.0.0
memcached_analyze ( memcached_st* memc, memcached_stat_st* stat, enum memcached_return* error )
memcached_server_create_with ( memcached_st* memc, memcached_server_st* host, char const* hostname, unsigned int port, uint32_t weight, enum memcached_connection type )

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Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity (5)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field is_allocated has been changed from enum memcached_allocated (4 bytes) to bool (1 byte).	This field may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field is_allocated has been changed from enum memcached_allocated (4 bytes) to bool (1 byte).	This field may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field is_allocated has been changed from enum memcached_allocated (4 bytes) to bool (1 byte).	This field may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by applications.
2	Type of field sockaddr_inited has been changed from enum memcached_allocated (4 bytes) to bool (1 byte).	This field may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field is_allocated has been changed from enum memcached_allocated (4 bytes) to bool (1 byte).	This field may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by applications.

memcached.h
[+] struct memcached_st (1)

memcached_result.h
[+] struct memcached_result_st (1)

memcached_server.h
[+] struct memcached_server_st (2)

memcached_string.h
[+] struct memcached_string_st (1)

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity (1)

	Change	Effect
1	Size of this type has been changed from 560 bytes to 556 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.

memcached.h
[+] struct memcached_st (1)

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Problems with Symbols, Low Severity (2)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 1st parameter server_strings has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 3rd parameter key has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

memcached.h, libmemcached.so.2.0.0
[+] memcached_servers_parse ( char* server_strings ) (1)
[+] memcached_stat_get_value ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_stat_st* stat, char* key, enum memcached_return* error ) (1)

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Other Changes in Data Types (1)

	Change	Effect
1	The member MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NOREPLY with value 25 has been added.	No effect.

memcached_constants.h
[+] enum memcached_behavior (1)

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Other Changes in Constants (2)

	Change	Effect
1	The constant HAVE_RCVTIMEO with value 1 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant HAVE_SNDTIMEO with value 1 has been added.	No effect.

libmemcached_config.h
[+] HAVE_RCVTIMEO
[+] HAVE_SNDTIMEO

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Header Files (11)

libmemcached_config.h
memcached.h
memcached.hh
memcached_constants.h
memcached_get.h
memcached_result.h
memcached_server.h
memcached_storage.h
memcached_string.h
memcached_types.h
memcached_watchpoint.h

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Shared Libraries (1)

libmemcached.so.2.0.0

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