> 3. I looked at the change log and found nothing about convert_time_units.
This is the bug. :) I will update the CHANGELOG. *José Valim* www.plataformatec.com.br Skype: jv.ptec Founder and Director of R&D On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Peter Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me provide the narrative to give better context. > > 1. I ran code written for 1.3 on 1.2.6. > 2. It spit out an error about convert_time_units not supporting > :micro_seconds. > 3. I looked at the change log and found nothing about convert_time_units. > 4. I looked at the 1.3 documentation and found the type to be > http://elixir-lang.org/docs/master/elixir/System.html#t:time_unit/0 . I > saw a good explanation of why Elixir uses different unit names than Erlang. > 5. I looked at the 1.2.6 documentation and found Erlang time units were > required. > 6. I assumed that Erlang time units were no longer supported (because > there is a clear change in spec that says they aren't). > 7. I adapted my code on the assumption that users of 1.3 would need to use > micro_seconds and users of 1.2.6 would need to use microseconds. I can > probably simplify it to always use microseconds for now. > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2016, 2:32 PM José Valim <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My point is less about whether this is right or wrong. I'm just providing >>> a data point that greater than zero library developers find this difference >>> between minor versions is confusing and not well documented. >>> >> In which sense is this confusing? Where did you look for information and >> you could not find? I am trying to see what we can do to improve it. >> >> Other than that, we are backwards compatible but it is expected new >> versions will receive new arguments and options that are not handled by >> previous versions. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-talk/CAGnRm4Lk3N%3D6MOMHX6CNLa3oGMOhP-H70LuFpCTif1043WGNsQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-talk/CAGnRm4Lk3N%3D6MOMHX6CNLa3oGMOhP-H70LuFpCTif1043WGNsQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-talk/CAOMhEnwRQkTHEWr3a7xNE-a5XEsTEX-C%3DMwymR1VugbPXvhSmA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-talk/CAOMhEnwRQkTHEWr3a7xNE-a5XEsTEX-C%3DMwymR1VugbPXvhSmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-talk/CAGnRm4%2BSi_Csj4RiK%2BfwYp5AOp8UhZwqbUVr-eBgOkxk-%2BuLqg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
