This is a serious problem that should be addressed.
An answer has existed for quite some time but requires some compiler re-tooling. Nicholas Wirth's Modula-2 addressed just this issue.
Once the interface of a module was defined the implementation could be changed without the clients be recompiled or even aware of the change itself.
I am not advocating switching from C/C++ to Modula-2 or it's derivatives. I am suggesting that someone create a hybrid that melds the terseness of C with the separation of Interface/Implementation of Modula, Modula-2, Oberon so that we can ascend out of hell.
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This is a serious problem that should be addressed. An answer has existed for quite some time but requires some compiler re-tooling. Nicholas Wirth's Modula-2 addressed just this issue. Once the interface of a module was defined the implementation could be changed without the clients be recompiled or even aware of the change itself. I am not advocating switching from C/C++ to Modula-2 or it's derivatives. I am suggesting that someone create a hybrid that melds the terseness of C with the separation of Interface/Implementation of Modula, Modula-2, Oberon so that we can ascend out of hell.