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

[Jeffrey Altman]

Danilo Almeida wrote:
>> 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.
>
> But why would anyone want to link by ordinals (and why would one want to encourage that)?

Its not a question of encouragement.  Its a question of making sure that
there aren't crash reports in applications that are blamed on KFW. 
Consider it "CYA" if you must. 


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