Re: What's our official stance on small self-containedadditions in a micro version

From: Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:21:42 +0000
Subject: Re: What's our official stance on small self-containedadditions in a micro version
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Hi! > Hmm, would you consider introducing a new function in the *global* > namespace to be a self-contained feature? I would not, because the Depends on the function. It it's properly prefixed and does not rely or disrupt anything else then yes. Otherwise, no. > function definition would change the global environment, possibly > breaking some code. You can always invent some code that depends on exact state of the universe in the moment (https://xkcd.com/1172/) but let's be reasonable - if somebody stuck their function into intl_* or mysql_* namespace whatever happens next is on them. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com

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