According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for verifying data structure consistency across computing environments is disclosed. The system includes: a processor and a compatibility tool. The compatibility tool is executable by the processor to: generate a first signature for a data structure corresponding to a first computing environment; and generate a second signature for the data structure corresponding to a second computing environment. The processor is operable to compare the first and second signatures and, responsive to a disparity between the first and second signatures, indicate a change to the data structure between the first and second computing environments.

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›1.independentA system, comprising:na processor; anda compatibility tool executable by the processor to:compute and generate a first signature from a data structure…+5

›2.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the compatibility tool is executable to:nexpand the data structure to identify nested data structure elements; andgener…d2

›3.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a compiler operable to generate debug data from compiling the data structure, and wherein the compatibility …d2

›4.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a compiler operable to generate debug data from compiling the data structure, and wherein the compatibility …d2

›5.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a compiler operable to generate debug data from compiling the data structure, and wherein the compatibility …d2

›6.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the first computing environment comprises a first version of an operating system, and wherein the second computing envi…d2

›7.independentA computer program product for verifying data structure consistency across computing environments, the computer program product comprising:na computer…+4

›8.↳ 7The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer readable program code is configured to:ngenerate debug data from compiling the data stru…d2

›9.↳ 7The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer readable program code is configured to:ngenerate debug data from compiling the data stru…d2

›10.↳ 7The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer readable program code is configured to:ngenerate debug data from compiling the data stru…d2

›11.↳ 7The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer readable program code is configured to:ngenerate the first signature corresponding to th…d2

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related publication	US 20140129526 A1	8 May 2014

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