[llvm-commits] [llvm] r96282 - in /llvm/trunk: lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp unittests/VMCore/VerifierTest.cpp

[David Greene]

On Tuesday 16 February 2010 15:53:09 Chris Lattner wrote:

> > On the other hand, tests like this encourage people to think more about
> > API changes and what is really necessary.  I don't see that as a bad
> > thing. It won't prevent changes but might encourage people to think more
> > about what they're doing and/or provide backward-compatibility if
> > appropriate.
>
> I completely disagree, we are not interesting in avoiding api changes
> because of inconvenience.

That's not what I'm saying.  I'm saying that when changes require some effort
to implement people tend to think a bit more about long-term needs.

                                         -Dave