Re: [AD] Request: adding textout_ex(), which takes bg color as parameter

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Eric Botcazou wrote:

> What's the problem ? They will be deprecated, but still documented alongside
> the new ones. So *_ex sounds ok to me, and we already have file_select_ex()
> with file_select() marked as deprecated in the docs.

What does the _ex stand for, and what exactly is the reason to name
the new functions *_ex and make the 'short' versions deprecated? I'd
prefer to see it the other way around, although I can see some
confusion if the functionality of a function changes.

Hein Zelle

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