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That is an original line of thinking in the world of software, “Let’s not add a feature to a new version because it wouldn’t work if used in an older version”.

• Biganon 7y ago
  It would silently introduce bugs, that's the whole issue.
  • nkozyra 7y ago
    Right. In fact, if it explicitly broke something there'd be less of an issue. Instead, it will appear to work/interpret but you'll get unreliable results. That makes the bug more nebulous.