Re: [PATCH] zsh/random module [UPDATED]

[Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>]

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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vq