API versioning on C++
msgpack-c have introduced API versioning mechanism.
Macros
MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_VERSION
MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_VERSION means the default version of msgpack-c API. The current value is 2.
When you want to set MSGPACK_API_VERSION explicitly, give the macro value as follows:
If you set MSGPACK_API_VERSION to 1, the API is compatible to version 1.4.x.
MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_NS
MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_NS is a namespace name of the default msgpack version. It names 'v' + MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_VERSION. e.g.) v1, v2, ...
It is used when you declare and define your custom overloads of operators.
See the following example:
https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/blob/cpp_master/example/cpp03/class_non_intrusive.cpp#L47
MSGPACK_API_VERSION_NAMESPACE
MSGPACK_API_VERSION_NAMESPACE is a function style macro. It defines a namespace. You can pass an argument as the namespace you want to define.
The macro is expanded to namespace. If the given namespace name is same as MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_NS, the macro is expanded as follows:
In the case MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_NS == v2
C++11
C++03
MSGPACK_NULLPTR
If compiler setting is C++/CLI, then MSGPACK_NULLPTR is defined as __nullptr, otherwise nullptr. msgpack-c supports standard C++, C++/CLI is not a standard C++, but we support is as much as we can do. When you write a pull request, plase use MSGPACK_NULLPTR as null pointer.