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Not sure I would go that far. APIs need to be able to be deprecated as better forms are identified. That being said, the churn had better be worth it. This date
by fbdab103 3y ago
Not sure I would go that far. APIs need to be able to be deprecated as better forms are identified. That being said, the churn had better be worth it. This datetime change does not qualify, and feels like it is going to cause more immediate pain than it solves.
- Kwpolska 3y agoIt is absolutely fine to deprecate badly designed APIs. It is fine if my 5-year-old program is full of deprecation warnings. It is not okay to delete APIs, breaking many programs, unless the APIs are well-known to be totally broken, infeasible to fix/maintain, and barely used.