On 6/3/2021 3:34 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:17 PM Tim Delaney
<timothy.c.dela...@gmail.com <mailto:timothy.c.dela...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Perhaps "living API" analogous to "living document". Much more
positive connotations ...
Perhaps, but that's pretty much coining a new term, which we would
then have to explain. And since the opposite would be "dead API", what
is a dead API exactly? And doesn't it follow that all APIs are living?
If we stick with unstable, we're adopting a term that's in use by at
least one other language community (Rust), and the slightly negative
connotation is welcome -- people should think twice before using
unstable APIs.
I read somewhere that the term "stable" means "dead" in some contexts...
was it maybe a medical context? So "living" would be "unstable" too, as
Tim suggested.
And since people know what a living document is, a living API wouldn't
be much of a stretch.
On the other hand, "unstable" carries a bit more connotation of "needs
caution".
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