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From: Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:38:50 -0500
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Subject: Re: [jexl] 3.1 release review
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If they're not user-implemented interfaces, then changing them isn't really
a backwards incompatible change.

On 13 March 2017 at 17:50, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 13 March 2017 at 20:12, henrib <henrib@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > The interface modifications are fixes to user enhancement requests:
> >
> > JEXL-211: Add callable method to JexlExpression interface
> > JEXL-198: JxltEngine Template deos not expose pragmas
> > JEXL-201: Allow Interpreter to use live values from JexlEngine.Option
> > interface implemented by JexlContext
> >
> > Note again that these interfaces are *not* expected to be implemented by
> > user code.
>
> I'm not sure I understand how that follows.
>
> If the JIRAs are enhancement requests for users, surely the intention
> is to allow the users to make use of the new methods?
>
> That suggests that the users are currently using the interfaces.
>
> > The likelihood of any user implementing those and not filling
> > enhancements requests or even asking questions in the Apache mailing
> lists
> > (or Stackoverflow) seems very small...
>
> Sorry, no idea what you mean by that.
>
> > Choice is please (the few) users using the library or stay true to a rule
> > that protects no real usage in this case. I wish this was seen as an easy
> > choice for the community.
>
> Nor that.
>
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
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