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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<title>Is it ok to extend the language with some spiffy new feature?</title>
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<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
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<a href="harbour.html"><em>Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <a href="harbour20.html"><em>Helping develop Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <em>Is it ok to extend the language with some spiffy new feature?</em><br />
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<b>Previous:</b> <a href="harbour28.html"><em>Are there any development guidelines?</em></a><br />
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<b>Next:</b> <a href="harbour30.html"><em>So what's with all these language extensions then?</em></a>
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<h2><a name="29"></a>3.9. Is it ok to extend the language with some spiffy new feature?</h2>
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<p>As a rule, no. As
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<a href="harbour7.html#WhatIsHarbour">stated earlier</a> Harbour is
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designed, as much as possible, to be a
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<a href="harbour5.html#Trademarks">CA-Clipper</a> 5.2e compatible Clipper compiler (with some 5.3 bits
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thrown in when it makes sense). As such, until such a time as we're all done
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on the compatibility front, the
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<a href="harbour9.html#WhoDevelopers">Harbour developers</a> would prefer to keep the language as "pure" as
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possible.</p>
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<p>That said, if you've got an idea for something you think should be added to
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the language please feel free to make your case on the
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<a href="harbour35.html#DevMailList">developer's mailing list</a>. Please note that emails along the lines of
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"I want feature <em>X</em> because I'd like to have it" don't cut
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much ice. Emails to that effect that actually offer a working patch might
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cut a little ice. Preferably, you'll come to the list with a well thought
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out and documented case for the addition of a new language extension and
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you'll be willing to discuss the proposal.</p>
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<p>Also, don't be upset if it is rejected, this is
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<a href="harbour13.html#FreeSoftware">free software</a> after all, if you really feel that the extension is
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required you can maintain a patch in parallel or, if you really must (but
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we'd prefer if you didn't), you could maintain a forked distribution of
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Harbour.</p>
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<hr noshade>
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<a href="harbour.html"><em>Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <a href="harbour20.html"><em>Helping develop Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <em>Is it ok to extend the language with some spiffy new feature?</em><br />
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<b>Previous:</b> <a href="harbour28.html"><em>Are there any development guidelines?</em></a><br />
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<b>Next:</b> <a href="harbour30.html"><em>So what's with all these language extensions then?</em></a>
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</body>
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</html>
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