[Swift-devel] readData2

Ben Clifford benc at hawaga.org.uk
Mon Jul 4 10:00:25 CDT 2011


>     I am going to rename readData2 to something more meaningful.  I am 
> thinking maybe readStructured?  I will keep readData2 as an alias to the 
> renamed function as too not break anyones current code but the userguide 
> will reflect the renamed function.  Any suggestions on the name or is 
> readStructured good?

Something that I did when renaming things before was to make the old name 
issue a warning when used, for a couple of releases, and then remove. That 
was an attempt at a balance between not breaking things and preventing the 
long term build-up of detritus.

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