On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:51 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
On Oct 18, 2007, at 3:52 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated "deprecated" is a status that the author gives to code to say
that there is a better version available which should be used
instead. It's not a mark of whether something works or not.exactly my thinking.
however, you suggested the use of the "deprecated" flag to
nicolas request about "designed for pd 0.33 or to compile with an
old gcc". in my understanding, these are things that do not make an object
"deprecated", and it seems like in your understanding too (or not?)I read it as something that used to work but not longer does with
newer version. That would either be deprecated or abandoned.hmm, i still don't understand it (not that i want this thread to
become to long; it probably isn't that interesting at all).but: "It's not a mark of whether something works or not" (quoting
your email 2007-10-17 19:14) and "something that used to work but
not longer does with newer version" (quoting your email 2007-10-18
15:40) is - at least for me - mutually exclusive.quoting the wikipedia-article you mentioned: "The deprecated feature still works in the current version of the
software" is also in plain contradiction to your today's quote.for me an example of a "deprecated" external is "OSCx"; but of
course this is a bit problematic, since i think that only the
person in charge of a piece of software can actually "deprecate" it. i haven't heard from jdl in a long time...
I am not always the best at words, but if you must pick them apart..
If something was deprecated in the distant past, chances are it
doesn't work with a current version. But if it was deprecated in the
current version, then it should work still.
I think the wikipedia page describes it well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated
.hc
mfa.sdr IOhannes
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