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* Backwards compatibility (was: Re: [PATCH] ob-shell: consistent prefix)
@ 2024-01-20 16:03 Matt
  2024-01-20 18:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
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From: Matt @ 2024-01-20 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ihor radchenko; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

 ---- On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:10:00 +0100  Ihor Radchenko  wrote --- 

 > I do not mind changing the names, except that we must not break
 > backwards compatibility.  In particular, the non-private function
 > and variable names that were present in the latest Org stable
 > release must be either supplied with an alias or declared
 > obsolete. Otherwise, the third-party code using the old names will
 > be broken.

How far does backwards compatibility extend with regard to Org itself?  For the next version, for all time, or something else?  

The rule I infer from your comment is, "renamed symbols must be aliased."  This implies that any arguments associated with the symbol are the same after the name change.  How do we handle changes in function APIs?  I'm thinking of something like =org-babel-execute:shell= and =org-babel-sh-evaluate= where it would make sense to refactor the =stdin= and =cmdline= parameters.

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Matt Trzcinski
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