wiso
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Hello, it would be good to have in the documentation something like:
“New in ROOT X.Y”
to know when a class as been introduced, or a method modified.
It is quite common to try to use a functionality and discover that it is not available in the version I have installed.
couet
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In principle we keep track of new functionalities in the release notes.
You are looking to something inside the code itself ?
wiso
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[quote=“couet”]In principle we keep track of new functionalities in the release notes.
You are looking to something inside the code itself ?[/quote]
Yes, presently release note are the only way (that I know) to know when a functionality has been introduced. The typical use case is:
- read about a functionality you would like to use (from reference manual, colleagues, slides, …)
- try it: is doesn’t work
- spend time to investigate if you are doing something wrong
- at the end discover that you are using a ROOT version which is tool old
for example python documentation is doing it: docs.python.org/2/library/hashl … guaranteed -> new in version 2.7.9