[Gambas-user] Gambas and backward compatibility

[Bruce Steers]

Hey Gian from what i have seen there is very little that changes that would
make software not work on a newer gambas.

Are you referring to something specific?
and this is "forward compatibility" (older programs to work on newer gambas
versions)

For backward compatibility (newer programs working on older gambas
versions) there is nothing can be done except for you to make the code
compatible with older gambas versions. because new features get added to
gambas.
For example the word "Use" in a Property declaration, do not use it as it
will only work since gambas 3.14
So it is your responsibility to make a program compatible with an older
gambas if you want it that way.

I have had a similar problem before but when you look at you realise the
only answer for code written in latest gambas is for the user to upgrade
too.

I have a partition with debian10 and Gambas3.12 that i run and test my
programs on. for backward compatibility.


Happy , er spring time, whatever ;)
BruceS


On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 at 14:00, Gianluigi <bagonergi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dearest and most esteemed Benoit,
>
> as you know I am an amateur programmer, I am retired and I have a lot of
> fun programming with Gambas.
>
> Given these premises, even if your next Gambas will break compatibility
> with the old one, for me, playing with the code, nothing changes, on the
> contrary I will have new stimuli and new challenges.
>
> But please put yourself in the shoes of someone who uses your beautiful
> programming language for work, the craftsman, the merchant, the
> professional who, like me (and even more than me), arranges independently
> to have a tailor-made product.
>
> Whenever the 'poor man' has to update the distribution do you want to
> force him to redo the program from scratch?
>
> There is already the distribution with the new libraries to put them in
> difficulty.
>
> I wish you and all users a Happy Easter
>
> Gianluigi
>
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