[PD] pdpedia classifications

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:51 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> 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?)
>> I read it as something that used to work but not longer does with  
>> newer version. That would either be deprecated or abandoned.
>
>
> hmm, i still don't understand it (not that i want this thread to  
> become to long; it probably isn't that interesting at all).
>
> but: "It's not a mark of whether something works or not" (quoting  
> your email 2007-10-17 19:14) and "something that used to work but  
> not longer does with newer version" (quoting your email 2007-10-18  
> 15:40) is - at least for me - mutually exclusive.
>
> quoting the wikipedia-article you mentioned:
> "The deprecated feature still works in the current version of the  
> software" is also in plain contradiction to your today's quote.
>
> for me an example of a "deprecated" external is "OSCx"; but of  
> course this is a bit problematic, since i think that only the  
> person in charge of a piece of software can actually "deprecate" it.
> i haven't heard from jdl in a long time...

I am not always the best at words, but if you must pick them apart..  
If something was deprecated in the distant past, chances are it  
doesn't work with a current version.  But if it was deprecated in the  
current version, then it should work still.

I think the wikipedia page describes it well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated

.hc

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> mfa.sdr
> IOhannes



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