Re: features

• To: pkarp@Sunset.AI.SRI.COM, clim@BBN.COM
• Subject: Re: features
• From: Mabry Tyson <TYSON>
• Date: Thu 28 Oct 93 11:28:39-PDT
• In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.2.751827760.pkarp@Bolinas.AI.SRI.COM>
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I completely disagree with Peter on one point about features!  In
maintaining code for Genera over many releases, it was very useful for
us to define :>=Rel7.0, :>=Rel7.1, ...  This way I could conditionalize
my code for running in quirks of a release (:Rel7.1) and for running in
new features that will continue forever (:>=Rel7.1).

While Clim is still young, I suggest implementing this policy.  In version
2.x, maybe you only want :>=CLIM-1 (but not :>=CLIM-1.1?) but I think it
is easier to include all the versions.
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• From: Peter Karp <pkarp>

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