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Re: [Sc-devel] relative coordinates in SCCompositeView ?



Yeah another class would be one solution.

As an aside, I think in some cases it should be acceptable to break code. I sometimes find 'it breaks code' to be an unfortunate discussion stopper. With point releases and change logs, I think breaking code is less of an issue than it used to be, as users can be clearly warned in advance of upgrading.

I don't think SCCompositeView has been extensively used directly, and those who have used it have often mused on list about this odd behaviour.

We could also add a new SCRelativeCoordCompositeView ;-) class and consider deprecating SCCompositeView.

Another solution would be to provide compatibility methods, so that people could get the old behaviour with minimal changes, at least for a transition period.

S.

On 6 Dec 2007, at 23:43, James Harkins wrote:

On Dec 6, 2007 6:34 PM, Scott Wilson <i@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've never understood why SCCompositeView doesn't.

I'd be happy to see it changed.

How should we handle backward compatibility for people who depend on
the old behavior?

I totally agree that the current behavior is dodgy, but a change like
this will break code. Maybe composite view should change and there
should be a SCAbsoluteCoordCompositeView? :-p

hjh


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