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Re: gsl container designs
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at gnu dot org>
- To: Tuomo Keskitalo <Tuomo dot Keskitalo at iki dot fi>
- Cc: Gerard Jungman <jungman at lanl dot gov>,GSL Discuss Mailing List <gsl-discuss at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:29:16 +0000
- Subject: Re: gsl container designs
- References: <1259110486.3028.69.camel@manticore.lanl.gov><m3fx7q4mdr.wl%bjg@network-theory.co.uk><4B4477B8.50305@iki.fi>
At Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:44:56 +0200,
Tuomo Keskitalo wrote:
> Do you mean the compatibility to GSL 1 types by the compatibility cost?
> When talking about GSL 2 I don't think we should give too much value to
> maintaining backwards compatibility. GSL 1 is not going to cease to
> exist, and people who have tied themselves deeply to GSL 1 data
> structures can continue to use it.
I'd say it's a significant benefit if people don't have to modify
their code.
--
Brian Gough