They can always add the new mapping, and leave the old one there but deprecate it.
Charles > On Oct 18, 2016, at 8:51 PM, Hooman Mehr via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Is changing the mapping of Cocoa API considered a source breaking change or > can we report such incidents as bugs if we think they don’t match API > guidelines? > >> On Oct 18, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >> >> >> on Tue Oct 18 2016, Brandon Knope <swift-evolution@swift.org >> <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >> >>> I meant to bring this up a bit ago but just came across it again. >>> >>> I find this to not read properly: >>> >>> button.setTitle("Test", for: .normal) //for normal what? >>> >>> The for argument is really only clear in meaning when you are typing >>> it out and see that it is a UIControlState type. While reading it >>> without this context is it as clear? .normal doesn't seem descriptive >>> enough on its own. >>> >>> Contrast this with UISegmentedControl: >>> segmented.dividerImage(forLeftSegmentState: .normal, rightSegmentState: >>> .normal, barMetrics: >>> .default) >>> >>> Here the parameter labels are needed because there needs to be a >>> distinction in the method between left and right. But here it is not >>> forLeft: or forRight: it is the much more clear forLeftSegmentState: >>> >>> So my question is: why was this not setTitle(forControlState:) or >>> forButtonState, etc...? >> >> This is really not an evolution question at this point. I suggest >> filing radars against UIKit for things whose names could be improved. >> >> -- >> -Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org> >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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