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| -rw-r--r-- | site/docs/skylark/backward-compatibility.md | 11 |
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diff --git a/site/docs/skylark/backward-compatibility.md b/site/docs/skylark/backward-compatibility.md index 52237e65c3..6ae198835c 100644 --- a/site/docs/skylark/backward-compatibility.md +++ b/site/docs/skylark/backward-compatibility.md @@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ If you really want to override a value, use a separate statement: ## New actions API This change removes the old methods for registering actions within rules, and -requires that you use the new methods instead (which are available regardless). -The deprecated methods and their replacements are as follows. +requires that you use the new methods instead. The deprecated methods and their +replacements are as follows. * `ctx.new_file(...)` --> `ctx.actions.declare_file(...)` * `ctx.experimental_new_directory(...)` --> @@ -265,9 +265,10 @@ All integers are stored using signed 32 bits. ## Descriptive string representations -For certain types of objects, this changes the string representations returned -by `str()` and `repr()` to be more uniform and safe. In particular, the new -representations are hermetic and deterministic. +For certain types of objects (such as `Label`, `File`, and rule contexts), this +flag changes the string representations returned by `str()` and `repr()` to be +more uniform and safe. In particular, the new representations are hermetic and +deterministic. * Flag: `--incompatible_descriptive_string_representations` * Default: `true` |