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Added detailed BC promise text
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Updated BC promise to be valid as of Symfony 2.3
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Rearranged rules to be more easily understandable
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Expand Up @@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ the rules listed below.
parts of it if we discover problems or limitations.
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This should be removed. As with any other document, it can be amended if needed.



Interfaces
----------
Using Symfony Code
------------------

Normal Interfaces
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are using Symfony in your projects? Stick to the guidelines in this section
in order to guarantee smooth upgrades to all future 2.x versions.


Using Our Interfaces
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

### Normal Interfaces

All interfaces in the ``Symfony`` namespace are **safe for use**. That means
that:
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interface.


API Interfaces
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### API Interfaces

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Small formatting nitpick: you have a bunch of double-newlines which should be converted to single-newlines.

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I left them in before headings. I'll remove them however.

All interfaces tagged with ``@api`` are also **safe for implementation**. That
means that:

* You can safely implement the interface.


Safe Operations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### Safe Operations

The following table summarizes the safe operations when using our interfaces:

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============================================== ============== ==============


Allowed Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This table tells you which changes you are allowed to do when working on the
code of Symfony's interfaces:

============================================== ============== ==============
Type of Change Normal API
============================================== ============== ==============
Remove entirely No No
Change name or namespace No No
Add parent interface Yes [2]_ No
Remove parent interface No No
**Methods**
Add method Yes [2]_ No
Remove method No No
Change name No No
Add parameter without a default value No No
Add parameter with a default value Yes [2]_ No
Remove parameter Yes [3]_ Yes [3]_
Add default value to a parameter Yes [2]_ No
Remove default value of a parameter No No
Add type hint to a parameter No No
Remove type hint of a parameter Yes [2]_ No
Change return type Yes [2]_ [4]_ No
============================================== ============== ==============


Classes
-------
Using Our Classes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Normal Classes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### Normal Classes

All classes in the ``Symfony`` namespace are **safe for use**. That means that:

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to an API class.


API Classes
~~~~~~~~~~~
### API Classes

All classes tagged with ``@api`` are also **safe for extension**. That means
that:
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* You can safely override public or protected methods.


Safe Operations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### Safe Operations

The following table summarizes the safe operations when using our classes:

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============================================== ============== ==============


Allowed Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Working on Symfony Code
-----------------------

Do you want to help us improve Symfony? That's great! However, please stick
to the rules listed below in order to ensure smooth upgrades for our users.


Changing Our Interfaces
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This table tells you which changes you are allowed to do when working on
Symfony's interfaces:

============================================== ============== ==============
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wonder why you changed the format of the table from above to this other format

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It's easier to maintain if the table does not have new line feeds. But we should change the other new tables, to be consistent

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is that a new adoption on tables in the documentation in general too? interesting i did not know

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I don't know. We just choose per table which format is best (I think most of them uses the +--+ format)

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It was the other way around. I used this format for the above tables initially. But then I introduced cells which span multiple columns above, so I had to switch to the +--+ format.

Type of Change Normal API
============================================== ============== ==============
Remove entirely No No
Change name or namespace No No
Add parent interface Yes [2]_ No
Remove parent interface No No
**Methods**
Add method Yes [2]_ No
Remove method No No
Change name No No
Add parameter without a default value No No
Add parameter with a default value Yes [2]_ No
Remove parameter Yes [3]_ Yes [3]_
Add default value to a parameter Yes [2]_ No
Remove default value of a parameter No No
Add type hint to a parameter No No
Remove type hint of a parameter Yes [2]_ No
Change return type Yes [2]_ [4]_ No
============================================== ============== ==============


Changing Our Classes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This table tells you which changes you are allowed to do when working on the
code of Symfony's classes
Symfony's classes

================================================== ============== ==============
Type of Change Normal API
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