WPI Robotics library updates

[GuyM142]

I want to write some code in LV 2012 for FRC 2013 that will work for the coming season.
Does the update that will come in January updates the library automaticly?
I mean, Does code that was written before the update will be updated to the new version without rewriting it? (bug fixes etc.)

[Greg McKaskle]

Yes, provided you are using the library and not modifying the library.

The functions that open, update, and close a servo, for example, are not a part of your project. They belong to the WPILib library and your code references them. They are listed in your project under dependencies.

When the new version is installed, a newer version of that library is installed in the new version of the tool. The older version will still be located in the older location.

When your code is loaded in the newer version of the tool, it will load the newer dependency library.

Greg McKaskle

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by GuyM142

I want to write some code in LV 2012 for FRC 2013 that will work for the coming season.

Make sure that your re-use of code is legal per R16 (or the equivilant in next years rules).

[GuyM142]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Make sure that your re-use of code is legal per R16 (or the equivilant in next years rules).

I didn't know that, Thank you

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

Yes, provided you are using the library and not modifying the library.

The functions that open, update, and close a servo, for example, are not a part of your project. They belong to the WPILib library and your code references them. They are listed in your project under dependencies.

When the new version is installed, a newer version of that library is installed in the new version of the tool. The older version will still be located in the older location.

When your code is loaded in the newer version of the tool, it will load the newer dependency library.

Greg McKaskle

Got it! Thank you.