Does anyone know if Kotlin 1.3 is backwards compat...
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Darryl
01/22/2019, 5:42 PMDoes anyone know if Kotlin 1.3 is backwards compatible with 1.2? Got a library using Kotlin and want to know if upgrading to 1.3 will be a big deal for apps that are using 1.2
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Drew
01/22/2019, 5:49 PMNot speaking as an expert, but typically "dot" releases (1.2 -> 1.3, as opposed to a major release 1.x -> 2.0) don't break existing contracts.
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LeoColman
01/22/2019, 5:51 PMLeoColman
01/22/2019, 5:51 PMMore on versions
LeoColman
01/22/2019, 5:51 PMI don't know if Kotlin follow SemVer tho
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Drew
01/22/2019, 5:54 PM@LeoColman yeah, I'm not sure either
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Darryl
01/22/2019, 9:52 PMThanks all. Few sources on kotlinlang.org suggest newer releases of Kotlin for the JVM are backwards compatible with older release, so assuming that’s the case.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/evolution/kotlin-evolution.html
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/evolution/components-stability.html