> Should the use of deprecated functions in the stdlib be removed? > string.atoi -> int > string.atof -> float > sys.exc_trackback -> sys.exc_info()[2] Sure. > Should the methods which use gopher also be deprecated? Is the gopher protocol really dead? Maybe we deprecated it a little too soon; isn't it still in use at some places? --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)