Re: Proposal: Add UErrorCode to ucurr_get* (JB#3399)

Deborah,

we have two classes of APIs as far as deprecation goes.

@deprecated APIs are kept around forever. However, users are advised to use alternative APIs.

@obsolete APIs are the APIs that are harmful in some way. These APIs get removed after a certain period of time - 
minimum is 1 year. We are trying very hard not to have any @obsolete APIs.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
v.

Deborah Goldsmith wrote:

> Are deprecated APIs kept forever? Otherwise, you'll break binary 
> compatibility at some point, on systems where ICU ships as a shared 
> library (such as Mac OS X).
> 
> Deborah Goldsmith
> Manager, Fonts / Unicode liaison
> Apple Computer, Inc.
> [email protected]
> 
> On Mar 23, 2004, at 1:09 PM, Alan S Liu wrote:
> 
>> Affects: ICU4C 3.0
>>
>> Bug: #3399
>> http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs?findid=3399
>>
>> NumberFormat:
>> ------------
>> The following @stable API:
>>
>>     void setCurrency(const UChar* theCurrency);
>>
>> will be marked @deprecated as of 3.0 in favor of the new API:
>>
>>     void setCurrency(const UChar* theCurrency, UErrorCode& ec);
>>
>> These will be inherited by DecimalFormat.
>>
>>
>> ucurr.h:
>> -------
>> The following @draft API
>>
>>     int32_t ucurr_getDefaultFractionDigits(const UChar* currency);
>>
>>     double ucurr_getRoundingIncrement(const UChar* currency););
>>
>> will gain a UErrorCode* parameter and become:
>>
>>     int32_t ucurr_getDefaultFractionDigits(const UChar* currency,
>>                                            UErrorCode* ec);
>>
>>     double ucurr_getRoundingIncrement(const UChar* currency);
>>                                       UErrorCode* ec);
>>
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