[gdal-dev] How to use GDAL Library

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi,

[what's your firstname btw?]

On Tue, 31. Mar 2009 at 06:01:51 -0000, Ajmeri Iqbal wrote:
> shell i continue with C-api or build GDAL library with MinGW and use C++-api?

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQMiscellaneous#CAPIvsCAPI:
> If you intend writing code using GDAL/OGR that will not require
> recompilation when run against different GDAL/OGR versions, you should
> try to stick to the C API when possible. Although the changes in the
> C++ API are generally made in a upward compatible way, the C++ ABI
> might change from a minor release to another one (for example from
> GDAL 1.5.0 to GDAL 1.6.0) due to additions of new virtual methods, new
> member variables to core classes, etc. 


Jürgen

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