[Python-Dev] Silent deprecation

[Neal Norwitz]

Note:  there's an patch available at http://python.org/sf/561928

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I think we can do two things.  Either we can keep the docs for
> deprecated features but clearly mark the chapter or section with a
> deprecation note at the start, in bold.
> 
> Or we can remove the docs for deprecated features, and add a chapter
> "deprecated features" which mentions each deprecated feature without
> describing it in detail, and provides information about what to use
> instead.

Either of these approaches works for me.

> > The second idea, is to move responsibility for obsolesence warnings
> > to PyChecker.
> 
> This is not always feasible; some things can only be discovered at
> run-time (e.g. the oct/hex/<< warnings).

Agreed.  PyChecker will probably just be an early warning system.
Especially since I'm more aggressive on my definition of 'deprecated.' :-)

Neal