[Development] Source break policy for function overloads

Giuseppe D'Angelo giuseppe.dangelo at kdab.com
Wed Jul 13 16:16:39 CEST 2016


Il 13/07/2016 15:55, Simon Hausmann ha scritto:
>
> I think if we allow source compatibility breakages like the one here
> (overloaded slot added), then I think
>
> it should require a prominent notice in the changelog / release notes.

Note that setInterval is not even a slot (but an overload of start(), a 
slot, was also added in the same commit). Do we need to add changelog 
notes for *any* overload added to free functions or QObject subclass 
member functions?

Cheers,
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Giuseppe D'Angelo | giuseppe.dangelo at kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer
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