MacArthur, Ian (SELEX) (UK) wrote: >>> Also, if we are going to break the 1.1 ABI, do we want to >> re-name some >>> of the more inaccurately named functions and methods whilst >> we are at it? >> >> My recommendation would be to rename them and provide the old names >> as inline methods/functions that are flagged as deprecated. Then if >> (*if*) we did another minor/major release we could remove them. > > Can the "old names" have #warnings (or something) attached so they will > throw a caution at compile time? I know a lot of my x86 Mac stuff does > that, and whilst it is really annoying, it has helped me tidy things > up...!
Yes, that's what I meant by "flagged as deprecated". We already do this for some of the 1.1.x functions... -- ______________________________________________________________________ Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products mike at easysw dot com Internet Printing and Publishing Software http://www.easysw.com _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
