get an argument and add a 'age' field to the struct

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Daniel Stenberg
2002-09-30 19:51:05 +00:00
parent 84fa12c885
commit dc9e415602
3 changed files with 45 additions and 17 deletions

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@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" $Id$
.\"
.TH curl_version_info 3 "25 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual"
.TH curl_version_info 3 "30 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_version_info - returns run-time libcurl version info
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>
.sp
.BI "curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info( );"
.BI "curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info( CURLversion "type ");"
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns a pointer to a filled in struct with information about various
run-time features in libcurl.
run-time features in libcurl. \fItype\fP should be set to the version of this
functionality by the time you write your program. This way, libcurl will
always return a proper struct that your program understands, while programs in
the future might get an different struct. CURLVERSION_NOW will be the most
recent one for the library you have installed:
data = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
Applications should use this information to judge if things are possible to do
or not, instead of using compile-time checks, as dynamic/DLL libraries can be
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ The curl_version_info_data struct looks like this
.nf
typedef struct {
CURLversion age; /* 0 - this kind of struct */
const char *version; /* human readable string */
unsigned int version_num; /* numeric representation */
const char *host; /* human readable string */
@@ -33,6 +40,11 @@ typedef struct {
} curl_version_info_data;
.fi
\fIage\fP describes what kind of struct this is. It is always 0 now. In a
future libcurl, if this struct changes, this age counter may be increased, and
then the struct for number 1 will look different (except for this first struct
field).
\fIversion\fP is just an ascii string for the libcurl version.
\fIversion_num\fP is a 6 digit hexadecimal number created like this: <2 digits