- when dictionary keywords change between versions, the programmer
can use these compatibility methods to help with migration.
* csearchCompat, foundCompat, lookupEntryPtrCompat, lookupEntryCompat,
lookupCompat, lookupOrDefaultCompat, readIfPresentCompat, ...
They behave like their similarly named base versions, but accept an
additional list of older keyword names augmented by a version number.
For example,
dict.readIfPresentCompat
(
"key", {{"olderName", 1612}, {"veryOld", 240}},
myscalar
);
where 1612=OpenFOAM-v1612, 240=OpenFOAM-v2.4.x, etc.
- If the entry could be directly inserted: a pointer to the inserted entry.
- If a dictionary merge was required: a pointer to the dictionary that
received the entry.
- Return nullptr on any type of insertion failure.
This change is code compatible with existing code since it only alters
a bool return value to be a pointer return value.