[ros-dev] Undocumented APIs

[Brandon Turner]

art yerkes wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:17:30 +0100
>"Casper Hornstrup" <ch at eudicon.com> wrote:
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Thomas Weidenmueller
>>>Sent: 31. januar 2006 16:52
>>>To: ReactOS Development List
>>>Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Undocumented APIs
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>>>I implemented a large number of APIs probably only very few applications
>>>use. I usually did that out of boredom or just for fun.
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>>>- Thomas
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>>Which is of course fine, but since ReactOS has no use for it, why commit it?
>>It isn't needed to meet the goals of ReactOS.
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>I don't agree with this sentiment at all.  We've always before been proactive
>about implementing at least visible parts of the API to make it more likely
>that applications we didn't know about would have a chance to work.  I think
>that's a reasonable way to work, especially if you're working in an area you've
>got a good understanding of.
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Brandon