Subject: Re: package update.
From: Paul J. Menchini (mench@mench.com)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 07:57:08 PDT
Jim Lewis wrote:
> Are you thinking of appending a year code: numeric_std_2002 ?
> I think this is a good idea as it helps with portability of old code.
I would not support a change to the name of the package in the absence
of factors that would break old code. Specifically, if none of the
following statements are true
* features are removed
* the semantics of existing features are changed in a non-upward
compatible fashion
I would not change the name. Otherwise, we'll break old code for no
reason. (In the absence of a name change, unless one of the above
statements were true, old code would exhibit no changes in behavior.)
Paul
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