test_object() {
    # ...
    if $CEPH_DENCODER type $type 2>/dev/null; then
      #echo "type $type";
      echo "        $vdir/objects/$type"

      # is there a fwd incompat change between $arversion and $version?
      incompat=""
      incompat_paths=""
      sawarversion=0
      for iv in `ls $dir/archive | sort -n`; do
        if [ "$iv" = "$arversion" ]; then
          sawarversion=1
        fi

        if [ $sawarversion -eq 1 ] && [ -e "$dir/archive/$iv/forward_incompat/$type" ]; then
          incompat="$iv"

          # Check if we'll be ignoring only specified objects, not whole type. If so, remember
          # all paths for this type into variable. Assuming that this path won't contain any
          # whitechars (implication of above for loop).
          if [ -d "$dir/archive/$iv/forward_incompat/$type" ]; then
            if [ -n "`ls $dir/archive/$iv/forward_incompat/$type/ | sort -n`" ]; then
              incompat_paths="$incompat_paths $dir/archive/$iv/forward_incompat/$type"
            else
              echo "type $type directory empty, ignoring whole type instead of single objects"
            fi;
          fi
        fi

        if [ "$iv" = "$version" ]; then
          rm -rf $tmp1 $tmp2
          break
        fi
      done

      if [ -n "$incompat" ]; then
        if [ -z "$incompat_paths" ]; then
          echo "skipping incompat $type version $arversion, changed at $incompat < code $myversion"
          rm -rf $tmp1 $tmp2
          return
        else
          # If we are ignoring not whole type, but objects that are in $incompat_path,
          # we don't skip here, just give info.
          echo "postponed skip one of incompact $type version $arversion, changed at $incompat < code $myversion"
        fi;
      fi