Re: dbGetPdbAddrFromLink dropped from 3.15 again

[Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>]

On 07/31/2018 01:16 PM, Till Straumann wrote:
> I'm running into the same issue that was discussed here:
> 
> https://epics.anl.gov/tech-talk/2017/msg01247.php
> 
> Michael's answer (https://epics.anl.gov/tech-talk/2017/msg01268.php)
> recommends replacing subRecord by aSubRecord -- however, my use case
> rather fits the first scenario mentioned by Michael: avoiding the overhead of dbGet()
> 
> What is the recommended migration path for this case?

Can you give some more details?  How do you use the dbAddr* which was being returned?


> I guess I could use
> 
>    dbGetNelements(const struct link*)
>    dbGetLinkDBFtype(const struct link*)
> 
> to make sure the target of my link matches the expectations -- but there is
> no way to access the data the link points to without either making a copy
> (dbGet) or exploiting internals (which is deprecated/discouraged)
> 
> :-(
> 
> Like other posters I'm looking for a minimally intrusive (and yet 'safe') solution
> for a legacy system with not much horse-power.
> 
> - Till