Eric, > > my suggestion implied to rename the function as well, not > > only the module :-) > > At which point _all_ clients would instantly be exposed to the rename in > C code
If we decide to rename get_date() to parse_datetime(), we can add a #define get_date parse_datetime for one year or so, so that maintainers have all the time they need to react on the deprecation warning. > maybe a one-liner include change in their texinfo documentation. For the texinfo documentation also, we could provide a smooth migration, by adding a doc/getdate.texi file that merely does a "@include get_date.texi". But that didn't seem worth the effort, since few packages include this doc in their manual. > I guess it's up to Jim whether the more radical rename makes sense. Yes. Bruno
