[Python-Dev] what level of backward compatibility? how (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu May 6 17:34:47 EDT 2004

Jewett, Jim J wrote:

Unfortunately, it breaks client code that did

urlparse.usesrelative.append('myprotocol') which was as close to a documented API as existed.

Why are you saying that (or: what does that mean)?

The uses_relative attribute of urlparse was never documented, AFAICT.

(1) Is this an OK breakage with the 2.4 switch?

If it wasn't documented, it is OK to break it, but it should be mentioned in whatsnew24.tex.

Regards, Martin

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