[PD] pdpedia classifications

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 18, 2007, at 3:52 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated
>> "deprecated" is a status that the author gives to code to say  
>> that  there is a better version available which should be used  
>> instead.   It's not a mark of whether something works or not.
>
> exactly my thinking.
>
> however, you suggested the use of the "deprecated" flag to nicolas  
> request about "designed for pd 0.33 or to compile with an old gcc".
> in my understanding, these are things that do not make an object  
> "deprecated", and it seems like in your understanding too (or not?)
>
> fmgadsr.
> IOhannes

I read it as something that used to work but not longer does with  
newer version. That would either be deprecated or abandoned.

.hc


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