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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:14:49 -0500
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= <larryv@zsh.org>
To: "Clinton Bunch" <cdb_zsh@zentaur.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] zsh/random module [UPDATED]
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On Sun, Nov 20, 2022, at 9:57 PM, Clinton Bunch wrote:
> I don't get the concern about backwards compatibility in implementing a 
> new builtin unless you know of an external command called getrandom that 
> is in common use, and that's easily fixed by changing it to zgetrandom.

The concern is about publishing (and thus committing to) a complex
API right out of the gate, only to later realize that it is inelegant
and awkward, as opposed to starting with a minimal API and extending
it later in a deliberate, considered fashion.

-- 
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