BufferedSerial and UnbufferedSerial using different methods for the same thing

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Why does the new Mbed OS 6.x BufferedSerial use the set_baud and set_format methods when UnbufferedSerial uses the baud and format methods? Since they do the same things with the same arguments, shouldn’t they be named the same?

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Hi Heath,

thanks for the question. It does seem to be that BufferedSerial uses it’s own methods whereas UnbufferedSerial is picking them up from SerialBase. It does indeed appear inconsistent. I will raise an issue on GitHub to have this looked at.

Regards,
Anna

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I’ve raised Inconsistent methods used for BufferedSerial and UnbufferedSerial · Issue #13407 · ARMmbed/mbed-os · GitHub to have this looked at.