# Semver for refactoring change

**URL:** <https://users.rust-lang.org/t/semver-for-refactoring-change/81370>\
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**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/semver-for-refactoring-change/81370 "2022-09-17T04:35:30Z")\
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> [@H2CO3](#):
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> You might say that it's an improvement, after all.

An improvement seems more like a minor version than a patch. Ultimately, I think the answer is probably "it does not matter" (in most circumstances). But this is what is bugging me, you still have to make a choice and there is no clearly correct answer.

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