Bumping into answers written in multiple syntax styles is difficult enough as it is without throwing different versions of the API into the mix, but these problems are an unavoidable consequence of growth, and perhaps something StackOverflow should look to mitigate against rather than having it make developers too tentative.
It should be possible for StackOverflow to do API inferences based on the tags, titles, and the code samples — but this is a tangential consideration.
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Bumping into answers written in multiple syntax styles is difficult enough as it is without throwing different versions of the API into the mix, but these problems are an unavoidable consequence of growth, and perhaps something StackOverflow should look to mitigate against rather than having it make developers too tentative.
It should be possible for StackOverflow to do API inferences based on the tags, titles, and the code samples — but this is a tangential consideration.