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.TH cpc_version 3CPC "15 Jan 2014" "SunOS 5.11" "CPU Performance Counters Library Functions"
.SH NAME
cpc_version \- coordinate CPC library and application versions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
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cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \(milcpc [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <libcpc.h>

\fBuint_t\fR \fBcpc_version\fR(\fBuint_t\fR \fIversion\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
The \fBcpc_version()\fR function takes an interface version as an argument and returns an interface version as a result.  Usually, the argument will be the value of \fBCPC_VER_CURRENT\fR bound to the application when it was compiled.
.SH RETURN VALUES
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.LP
If the version requested is still supported by the implementation, \fBcpc_version()\fR returns the requested version number and the application can use the facilities of the library on that platform. If the implementation cannot support the version needed by the application, \fBcpc_version()\fR returns \fBCPC_VER_NONE\fR, indicating that the application will at least need to be recompiled to operate correctly on the new platform, and may require further changes.
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.LP
If \fIversion\fR is \fBCPC_VER_NONE\fR, \fBcpc_version()\fR returns the most current version of the library.
.SH EXAMPLES
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\fBExample 1 \fRProtect an application from using an incompatible library.
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The following lines of code protect an application from using an incompatible library:

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if (cpc_version(CPC_VER_CURRENT) == CPC_VER_NONE) {
        /* version mismatch - library cannot translate */
        exit(1);
}
.fi
.in -2

.SH ATTRIBUTES
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.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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tab() box;
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
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Interface StabilityObsolete
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MT-LevelUnsafe
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBcpc\fR(3CPC), \fBcpc_open\fR(3CPC), \fBlibcpc\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
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The \fBcpc_version()\fR function exists for binary compatibility only. Source containing this function will not compile. This function is obsolete and might be removed in a future release. Applications should use \fBcpc_open\fR(3CPC) instead.
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The version number is used only to express incompatible semantic changes in the performance counter interfaces on the given platform within a single instruction set architecture, for example, when a new set of performance counter registers are added to  an existing processor family that cannot be specified in the existing \fBcpc_event_t\fR data structure.