Ah, that explains why I get all those bugs in each new release of Oracle :-)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Sprenkle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:44 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Request for comment: Proposed SQLite API changes > > > > Just curious, why is this being done anyway? I think this > is the only > > software product I have used that has this "feature." I > fail to see the > > usefulness from way up here above the source code, and I > don't have time > > to look deeper. But still curious as to why everybody has > to rename all > > their function calls between major releases. > > > > I'm on Delphi 7.0 and have never been forced to change > anything because > > of a new release, since Delphi 1.0. And closer to home, From PC DOS > > Oracle to 8.0i Oracle. Seems like a lot of additional > work, and would > > like to understand why. > > This prevents existing code from being broken in subtle ways. > If you get the new version it won't compile, rather than giving you an > application that seems to work without very in depth testing.
