Tom Mueller wrote: > [snip] >> >> It's possible (likely/hopeful) that the small number of us on the IPS >> team will not be the only people who ever right a front-end for our >> IPS code. So, in order to be able to change the number of arguments >> that Image.inventory (for example) uses, we either have to keep that >> function private (as this API does) or be prepared to notify everyone >> who's building a front-end for our code that this function which they >> might or might not be using is changing its interface. I think our >> experience over the last 5 months demonstrates how well that works. > Python provides several ways to preserve compatibility of interfaces. > We just need to use them. Please elaborate, I'd certainly improve my own development.
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