[Python-Dev] Distutils using apply

[Guido van Rossum]

> I was wondering if a milder form of deprecation may be appropriate for
> some features such as the apply builtin:
> 
> 1. Add a notice in docstring 'not recommended for new code'
> 2. Move to 'obsolete' or 'backward compatibility' section in manual
> 3. Do NOT produce a warning (pychecker may still do that)
> 4. Do NOT plan removal of feature in a specific future release

The form of deprecation used for apply() is already very mild (you
don't get a warning unless you do -Wall).  I don't think Moshe's use
case is important enough to care; if Moshe cares, he can easily
construct a command line argument or warnings.filterwarning() call to
suppress the warnings he doesn't care about.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)