Hello everyone :) I need to add new method to main...

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[Nikita Yatskivskiy]

Hello everyone :) I need to add new method to maintain binary compatibility. I plan to use DeprecationLevel.HIDDEN for the old method. So when can I remove an old HIDDEN-method safely to save binary compatibility?

[Sam]

Well... never. If you remove a function, you're breaking compatibility. One way to do it is to make the change as part of a major version increment, so people know there might be breaking changes.

[Nikita Yatskivskiy]

My library is internal and only projects and other libraries in my company can use it. Can I remove such hidden fun if all projects and other libraries of company will update to the latest version of my library?

[Sam]

Of course. Hidden functions are only useful to consumers that are running against a newer version of the code from the one they were compiled against. If you're in control of all your consumers, you can easily avoid that.

[Nikita Yatskivskiy]

Thanks a lot :)