Andrew Nacin wrote:
When functions get added, we make sure they always work in a backwards compatible way, or we deprecate it and come up with a new function, so I'm not sure why we're advising plugin authors to avoid these, or why we suggest they may arbitrarily change.
It looks like this note was first added by User:Hakre [1] when the page was first created about 2 years ago. He is still an active Codex contributor. Perhaps you could ask him (on his discussion page) why this note is there. [1] http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Hakre HTH, Charles Clarkson -- Programmer Free Market Advocate StudioPress Senior Moderator I'm not really a smart person. I just play one on the Internet. Stephenville, TX http://www.clarksonenergyhomes.com/wordpress/about/ http://twitter.com/CharlesClarkson +1 (254) 968-8328 _______________________________________________ wp-docs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs
