[DB-SIG] what is: backwards compatibility

[Dieter Maurer]

Carsten Haese wrote at 2007-6-22 14:24 -0400:
> ...
>> >What happens if docs and pep 249 conflict?
>> 
>> The more specific wins.
>
>The question is vacuous. The documentation for a DB-API v2
>implementation should never conflict with PEP 249, because that would
>mean that either the documentation is incorrect or the implementation is
>not compliant.
>
>Of course, PEP 249 is only the mandatory minimum. Implementations may
>and do implement more functionality than what PEP 249 mandates. In those
>cases, the implementation documentation is the authoritative source.

Fine. That what I meant with the "the more specific wins".

Descriptions (such as PEPs) usually are quite abstract and
let some freedom. Using this freedom and documenting the taken
decisions creates a more specific work.



-- 
Dieter