[POLL] Upstream/Downstream vs. Inbound/Outbound

[Thomas Bocek]

Inbound/outbound is easier to understand and I'm in favor of renaming
it. Changing my code (renaming methods) should not take too much time,
since the logic does not change.

Regards,

Thomas



Trustin Lee (이희승) wrote:
> Hello community,
> 
> Some users reported that the upstream/downstream terminology is
> confusing and hard to remember and inbound/outbound is much better.
> 
> I agree with them that inbound/outbound fits better, but renaming types
> and methods involves backward compatibility issues.  It means the
> current types and methods whose names contain 'Upstream' or 'Downstream'
> will be deprecated and then be removed in the next couple releases.
> 
> Because it's you who are impacted by the renaming, I'd like to know if
> you find the current terminology confusing and would accept the API
> changes when the changes are made.
> 
> Thanks for your feed back in advance,
> Trustin
> 
> 
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