Why custom series for NON main series is obsolete?

[login_dejavu]

Hello guys,

why did you marked custom series for non main DataSeries as obsolete?

for example:

new Series<double>(BarsArray[1]); 

or this:

new Series<double>(BarsArray[1], MaximumBarsLookBack.Infinite); 

please clarify

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello login_dejavu,

Thanks for your post.

I understand this to be specific for the overload using MaximumBarsLookBack specifically with Bars as input, where MaximumBarsLookBack is forced to Infinite.

I'm asking Product Management for confirmation and will reply back when I get further info.

[login_dejavu]

Hi Jim, your answer confused me even more

The way I understood that whole idea of custom series that they always MaximumBarsLookBack.Infinite
and MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix is only for the main data series to optimize rendering

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello login_dejavu,

When the Bars overload is used, MaximumBarsLookback is forced to Infinite. I suspect the [Obsolete] tag was added because changing the Bars overload to use MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix would not have unique function.

I'm still awaiting confirmation through Product Management and Development on the matter.

EDIT: Development and Product Management confirmed that this has tag has been added for the reason mentioned here. We are adjusting our Help Guide documentation to note this.

[carnitron]

Documenting the function with the obsolete tag in the code would be helpful too. I just spent an hour trying to figure out whether I can still use this routine from an AddOn, until I found this post.