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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx10.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -10.43 X-Spam-Score: -10.43 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: EA3FD27EEE X-TUID: TIY0V/RvM7Rl ---- On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:10:00 +0100 Ihor Radchenko wrote ---=20 > I do not mind changing the names, except that we must not break > backwards compatibility. In particular, the non-private function > and variable names that were present in the latest Org stable > release must be either supplied with an alias or declared > obsolete. Otherwise, the third-party code using the old names will > be broken. How far does backwards compatibility extend with regard to Org itself? For= the next version, for all time, or something else? =20 The rule I infer from your comment is, "renamed symbols must be aliased." = This implies that any arguments associated with the symbol are the same aft= er the name change. How do we handle changes in function APIs? I'm thinki= ng of something like =3Dorg-babel-execute:shell=3D and =3Dorg-babel-sh-eval= uate=3D where it would make sense to refactor the =3Dstdin=3D and =3Dcmdlin= e=3D parameters. -- Matt Trzcinski Emacs Org contributor (ob-shell) Learn more about Org mode at https://orgmode.org Support Org development at=C2=A0https://liberapay.com/org-mode