Re: [PATCH] getdate: rename to get_date

[Bruno Haible]

Eric,

> >  my suggestion implied to rename the function as well, not
> > only the module :-)
> 
> At which point _all_ clients would instantly be exposed to the rename in 
> C code

If we decide to rename get_date() to parse_datetime(), we can add a
  #define get_date parse_datetime
for one year or so, so that maintainers have all the time they need to
react on the deprecation warning.

> maybe a one-liner include change in their texinfo documentation.

For the texinfo documentation also, we could provide a smooth migration,
by adding a doc/getdate.texi file that merely does a "@include get_date.texi".
But that didn't seem worth the effort, since few packages include this doc in
their manual.

> I guess it's up to Jim whether the more radical rename makes sense.

Yes.

Bruno