Re: [Devel] ft_kerning_default

[Billy Biggs]

  Hi David,

David Turner (address@hidden):

> Hello Billy,
> 
> Billy Biggs wrote:
> > ft_kerning_default was changed to FT_KERNING_DEFAULT.  It looks like
> > this happened recently, a user of 2.1.2 doesn't have the all-caps
> > version, but I have it with debian's 2.1.3.
> >
> > Any recommendations on how to handle this nicely?  Will the
> > compatibility #define remain around for a while?  While I do prefer
> > the all-caps version, I don't want to have to deal with a transition
> > period.
> >
> >  Thoughts?
>
> Well, we've been "improving" the API by trying to make it nicer and
> more coherent, so the new 'standard' is that all macros and constants
> should be in UPPER_CASE_LIKE_THAT. That's why we now provide
> "replacements" for "ft_kerning_default (e.g. FT_KERNING_DEFAULT)

  Understandable.  I prefer the upper-case. :)

> We don't expect to remove the "old" macros too soon to preserve source
> compatibility with "old" programs, but they're now considered
> deprecated, as stated by the API reference.

  Ok, just consider this a request to not be too quick to remove the old
macros, as it's clear from my random sampling of co-developers that
nobody has the new version yet. :)

-- 
Billy Biggs
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