[Python-checkins] peps: Record that old names won't be deprecated

[antoine.pitrou]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/0ccc29145ad5
changeset:   3911:0ccc29145ad5
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date:        Wed Jul 27 00:40:58 2011 +0200
summary:
  Record that old names won't be deprecated

files:
  pep-3151.txt |  11 +++++------
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-3151.txt b/pep-3151.txt
--- a/pep-3151.txt
+++ b/pep-3151.txt
@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@
 Deprecation of names
 --------------------
 
-It is not yet decided whether the old names will be deprecated (then removed)
-or all names will continue living forever in the builtins namespace.
+The following paragraphs outline a possible deprecation strategy for
+old exception names.  However, it has been decided to keep them as aliases
+for the time being.  This decision could be revised in time for Python 4.0.
 
 built-in exceptions
 '''''''''''''''''''
@@ -497,10 +498,8 @@
 A reference implementation is available in
 http://hg.python.org/features/pep-3151/ in branch ``pep-3151``.  It is
 also tracked on the bug tracker at http://bugs.python.org/issue12555.
-Its current state is that all semantic changes and additions are implemented,
-but the `deprecation of names`_ mechanism isn't.  It has been successfully
-tested on a variety of systems: Linux, Windows, OpenIndiana and FreeBSD
-buildbots.
+It has been successfully tested on a variety of systems: Linux, Windows,
+OpenIndiana and FreeBSD buildbots.
 
 One source of trouble has been with the respective constructors of ``IOError``
 and ``WindowsError``, which were incompatible.  The way it is solved is by

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps