Hi Neil, Neil Jerram <n...@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:
> If something like uniform-vector-xxx stops being the recommended > approach, but remains trivial for us to support in the codebase, I think > it is enough `discouragement' just to remove it from the manual. That > will make it less likely to be used in new code. Good point. OTOH, it may not be clear to a newcomer why some functions are available (and not deprecated) yet undocumented. Perhaps I should just stop worrying about these two functions. ;-) > I think we should use the formal deprecation mechanism for something > when it becomes a burden (of any kind) for us to continue support that > thing in the codebase, or when we have a good reason to believe that it > will become a burden soon. > > Does that make sense? Yes, it does. Thanks, Ludo’.
