OpenEuphoria

Re: private include files

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Oct 13, 2004
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irv mullins wrote:

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> I have never been able to understand Rob's reluctance to 'break code'.
> What code is he worried about? The handful of libraries which come
> packaged with Euphoria? How long could it possibly take to change those,
> especially considering they would be changed by Rob, who would know
> exactly what and how the new features are supposed to work.
>
> If he's worried about breaking other code, such as Win32Lib, well,
> first of all, that's not his problem, it's Derek's - and Derek has
> been one of the most vocal in requesting changes. Somehow, I don't
> think he would mind. As for other less-used libraries, then whoever
> actually uses those libraries can either fix them up and submit them
> to the archives, or request that the original author or whoever's
> willing do so. I can't think of any code in the archives which
> wouldn't benefit from a review, anyway.

That's exactly what I thought some weeks ago, when I downloaded
a "pre-alpha" version of a library from the archieves, dated
February 2000. ;o)

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Regards,
   Juergen