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* Joshua ben Jore <twists@gmail.com> [2011-05-26 20:20]: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> wrote: > >On Wed, 25 May 2011, Joshua ben Jore wrote: > >>On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> wrote: > >>There's utility in exposing things but not making promises > >>about stable APIs. If that's the point to this change, then > >>I find sympathy with it. > > > >I'm not sure what you are arguing for here: > > > >b) ALL internal non-static functions should be exported in > >case some module finds utility in them. But unless the > >function is marked as part of the public API we reserve the > >right to change at will. > > I tend to think Reini ought to be able to get his internal > non-static function exported because he has actual utility in > it. It isn't part of the public supported API so it doesn't > have any promises about being stable between patch releases. We > absolutely shouldn't prematurely document and fix it's behavior > into stability but there's little point to preventing something > useful from getting access to it. That’s just how the current messy, untenable situation came about.Thread Previous | Thread Next