Legacy control functions in newgen controllers alongside newgen control functions

A device comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a memory, wherein the memory stores a function library having a plurality of legacy control functions and a plurality of improved control functions, the controller configured to:
• receive a process to be executed, wherein the process includes a function, and wherein one of the plurality of legacy control functions corresponds to the function and one of the plurality of improved control functions corresponds to the function;
• when calling the function of the process, determine whether a device setting of the device indicates that the function is to be executed using the improved control function that corresponds to the function;
• when the device setting indicates that the function is to be executed using the improved control function that corresponds to the function, execute the function using the improved control function that corresponds to the function;
• and
• when the device setting does not indicate that the function is to be executed using the improved control function, execute the function using the legacy control function that corresponds to the function.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with a function library having a plurality of legacy control functions and a plurality of improved control functions and encoded with executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a device to:

• receive a process to be executed, wherein the process includes a function, and wherein one of the plurality of legacy control functions corresponds to the function and one of the plurality of improved control functions corresponds to the function;
• when calling the function of the process, determine whether a device setting indicates that the function is to be executed using the improved control function that corresponds to the function;
• when the device setting indicates that the function is to be executed using the improved control function that corresponds to the function, execute the function using the the improved control function that corresponds to the function;
• and
• when the device setting does not indicate that the function is to be executed using the improved control function that corresponds to the function, execute the function using the legacy control function that corresponds to the function.