On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:04:56 +0100, SteveKing wrote:
>
> > I've just browsed through the API's which will be introduced in 1.2 and I
> > don't quite understand the docs of some of them.
> >
> > svn_client_status2()
> > --------------------
> > the doc for svn_client_status() says: "Similar to svn_client_status2(),
> > but with the ignore_externals parameter always set to TRUE."
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "FALSE"? I mean an 'svn st' now always shows the
> > externals, so the externals are _not_ ignored now?
>
> I cannot answer that particular question but would suggest that the
> functions be renamed so that their meaning becomes clear. Otherwise in 3
> years there'll be svn_foo_bar(1|2|3|4|5) and nobody will remember what
Note that you can read aobut our deprecation policy in HACKING. You're
only supposed to use the latest version of a function available (if you
don't need to be compatible with a particular version of the libs.)
> they're supposed to do anymore. Always assume the documentation is wrong.
Well, comments get out-dated over time, but if the API documentation is
wrong, it should be fixed.
Regards,
//Peter
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Received on Sun Feb 27 22:34:17 2005