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rust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:
If you're making breaking changes to your library, help your users upgrade by keeping the old names with the #[deprecated] annotation.
#[doc(hidden)]
#[deprecated(note = "Renamed to NewStruct")]
pub type OldStruct = NewStruct;The interface doesn't have to be backwards-compatible. It's there to display a helpful note to users upgrading from the old interface, which is easier than searching changelogs or docs for the new interface.
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