[DB-SIG] what is: backwards compatibility

[Dieter Maurer]

Carl Karsten wrote at 2007-6-24 12:20 -0500:
>I'm still trying to come up with a set of possible meanings for backwards
>compatibility, something like
>
>doesn't break:
>
>any existing code
>any conceivable code
>reasonable code
>code that conforms to any documentation found, including module code.
>code that conforms to the docs bundled with the module

+1 

>code that conforms to the docs found under python.org

+1

>code that conforms to pep 249

+1



-- 
Dieter