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Re: Hash seed breaks 5.8.1 binary API; fix suggested



According to Steve Hay:
> The win32/Makefile contains a PERL_MALLOC option (equivalent to 
> -Dusemymalloc) which is commented as affecting binary compatibility.

That's a bincompat option but it only affects where the malloc
functions are; I think if we'd broken that we'd have heard about
it by now. :-)

> There is also a USE_LARGE_FILES option; I don't know if that affects
> compatibility or not?

Hm.  Could be.
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Chip Salzenberg               - a.k.a. -               <chip@pobox.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
    but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K



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