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Stephen Hartley

Member since May 11, 2020

Recent Blog Comments By Stephen Hartley

  • When Is A Change A Breaking Change For An API

    Posted on May 12, 2020 at 7:30 AM

    @Ben, Interesting, I'm glad you agree; I'm currently involved in a "debate" in which the other party maintains that as long as the method signature of the API is preserved, the change can be regarded as "non-breaking" for the consumer...!... read more »

  • When Is A Change A Breaking Change For An API

    Posted on May 11, 2020 at 9:39 AM

    How about Changing the semantics of a parameter or returned value. When you preserve the method's signature, but change the semantics of one or more of its parameters or return values. Example: an integer which previously returned a distance in feet now returns the same distance but ... read more »

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