[erlang-questions] Changes to string module

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 21/07/2017 14:02, Lloyd R. Prentice wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I can appreciate the reasons for the changes, but it has created moments of frustration for me.
>
> I'm running an earlier version of Erlang. Plan to upgrade, but not yet. My work habit is to frequently consult on-line Erlang docs.
>
> The other day I looked up string:span/2, which I've used in various places throughout my code. But what's this? It's marked "obsolete - use take/2."
>
> I must have caught the docs at a point of transition since there was no take/2 in the list of string functions. What to do? What to do?
>
> That version of the docs seems to have been updated. Both take/2 and span/2 are now in the list.
>
> OK, I can live with momentary and passing frustration. But now, when I upgrade Erlang, do I have to worry that span/2 will be dropped at some point--- after all, it's "obsolete."
>
> Or do I have run two versions of Erlang?
>
> Plus, I now find the string docs much harder to use since I have to think about whether a given function is in my version of Erlang or not.
>

Isn't just following a documentation for your version enough?

http://www.erlang.org/docs/versions/

Regards
Grzegorz