[SciPy-Dev] Mea culpa: deprecation and API changes

[Warren Weckesser]

Charles R Harris wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Warren Weckesser 
> <warren.weckesser at enthought.com 
> <mailto:warren.weckesser at enthought.com>> wrote:
>
>     Opinion wanted:  codata.find(sub) used to print a list of strings.  A
>     while ago, in response to
>     http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/996,  I
>     changed it to return the list of strings.  But this is an API change,
>     and should follow the deprecation policy.  One way to do this is to
>     restore find() to its previous behavior, and deprecate the
>     function.  At
>     the same time, add a new function, find_string(sub), which returns the
>     list of strings.  What do you think?
>
>
> I wouldn't worry about this one, both have the effect of printing out 
> on the screen. Where is the absolute error though?
>

Well, I will worry about it, just not very much.  Think of it as an 
exercise in the proper implementation of the deprecation policy--a tiny 
case study.  Trivial, but with educational value. :)

What do you mean by "the absolute error"?


Warren

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