[Python-Dev] Baffled by PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords modification

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Aahz wrote:
>>That future version might get published in 2270, when everybody has
>>switched to C++, and compatibility with C is no longer required.
> 
> 
> Just for the clarification of those of us who are not C/C++ programmers,
> are you saying that this is different from the meaning in Python, where
> "deprecated" means that something *IS* going away?

To repeat the literal words from the standard:

Annex D [depr]:

1 This clause describes features of the C++ Standard that are specified
  for compatibility with existing implementations.
2 These are deprecated features, where deprecated is defined as:
  Normative for the current edition of the Standard, but not guaranteed
  to be part of the Standard in future revisions.

Regards,
Martin