[PD] pdpedia classifications
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Thu Oct 18 15:40:52 CEST 2007
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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