[wp-docs] The widget API

[Charles K. Clarkson]

Andrew Nacin wrote:

> When functions get added, we make sure they always work in a backwards 
> compatible way, or we deprecate it and come up with a new function, so 
> I'm not sure why we're advising plugin authors to avoid these, or why we 
> suggest they may arbitrarily change.

It looks like this note was first added by User:Hakre [1] when the page
was first created about 2 years ago. He is still an active Codex
contributor. Perhaps you could ask him (on his discussion page) why this
note is there.

[1] http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Hakre


HTH,


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