Re: Error in API documentation.

On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 11:01:20AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>>
>> The software has an extremely long history dating back to 1990 or so.
>> The software originated from command-line utilities which primarily
>> pass strings from the user.  I don't like the string arguments much
>> either but "fixing" the API causes stability problems for the user.
>
> I should mention that the C++ CPI ("Magick++) that I started developing 
> at the end of 1998 tried to address the "bad API" issues. I must have 
> been successful since the API has withstood the test of time pretty well. 
>  Even this API includes some regrettable decisions (by me).

Hrmm...

time for an unstable, experiemental mercurial branch?

-bch


> Bob
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