Proposal for the assignment of fixed ordinals to exported functionsin kfw dlls

[Jeffrey Altman]

Danilo Almeida wrote:
> Jeffrey,
>
>> Does this seem reasonable?
>>
>> Are there any objections to the assignment of static ordinal
>> values in 32-bit KFW?
>
> What is the benefit of assigning ordinals?
>
> - Danilo
To ensure that each exported function is given the same value from
release to release so that any applications that link to functions by
ordinal instead of by name will not obtain an incorrect function address.

Jeffrey Altman

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