[Typo3-dev] class.t3lib_stdgraphic.php

[Ries van Twisk]

>Background information:
>
>I'm generally in favour of a high respect for backwards compatibility.
>I'm aware this is an opinion of mine, but someone has to outline a
>policy and its not unfair to let it be me doing that.
>
>My strict backwards compatibility policy:
>Pros: Stability, less time spend on old code
>  
>
Agreed...

>Cons: Inconsistency piling up, being confusing for newcomers and looking
>messy in general.
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>
Also agreed... me as a newcomer as 'problems' finding the right function 
of old once existed....

maby the best way to do it to add a devlog call to the depreciated 
function and call the new API to.
So we as developers can see what extentions are using old API's AND if I 
am using a depreciated function at all...

So instead of these available devlog options it might bake sence to make 
a otherone like 'fdepreciated'
to log all usage of depreciated functions.

Cheers,
Ries

>A more open approach that prioritizes consistency and renewal:
>Pros: The code is continually renewed, kept "consistent"
>Cons: A lot of resources will be spend continuously to update code to
>new APIs, stability will suffer, there will be more continuous
>frustration among users and developers on the short hand; typical Open
>Source mess.
>
>What you prefer will depend on your personality. 
>
>
>- kasper
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