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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fixing "typos" in enums...
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:37:01 -0500
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On 11/18/2013 12:33 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 11/18/2013 9:20 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>> markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>>> On 11/15/2013 8:25 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>>>>    @Deprecated public enum Foo { FURST, SECOND }
>>>>    public enum Fooing { FIRST, SECOND }
>>
>> This solution would require duplicating lots of other
>> code, like methods taking that enum as parameter...
>
> So you change the old method to a new method that takes the new type.
> It's called refactoring.  You don't duplicate methods, that's dumb.

     If you change the method signatures, haven't you already
given up on backwards compatibility?  And if you're willing to
sacrifice compatibility, why not just fix the damn' typo and
break for lunch?

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Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid