on Tue Aug 26 2008, "Robert Ramey" <ramey-AT-rrsd.com> wrote:
Marshall Clow wrote:
At 10:38 PM +0200 8/26/08, Christian Larsen wrote:
Basically, you can never remove an interface, because someone, somewhere might be using it.
That's basically correct - that's why in general you should only extend an interface or make a new interface. To do otherwise breaks faith with the users of your library.
No problem if you want to create a new interface - just give it a new name.
1. I agree with Marshall. Code rots and dies and is eventually replaced, and that's a good thing. The question is how to manage that process responsibly. I'll say again, with at most one or two exceptions, Boost library authors have been very responsible to their users in making changes to the libraries. 2. Robert, you're sounding a lot less flexible about this than you ended up being in this thread: http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cg5li1k%24tbl%241%40ger.gma... Have you forgotten about the issues that caused you to admit there might be good reasons for interface-breaking changes? -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com