[Python-Dev] Remove METH_OLDARGS?

[Georg Brandl]

Thomas Wouters wrote:
> 
> On 5/29/06, *Fredrik Lundh* <fredrik at pythonware.com
> <mailto:fredrik at pythonware.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     this is a clear case of unnecessary meddling.  removing it won't remove
>     much code (a whopping 11 lines is dedicated to this), nor give any speed
>     ups whatsoever; all you're doing is generating extra work and support
>     issues for a bunch of third-party developers.  trust me, we have better
>     things to do with our time.
> 
>     -1 on meddling with this before 3.0.
> 
> 
> -1 from me, too, for the same reason. It would be nice if the use of
> PyArg_Parse could generate a (C) compile-time warning, but since it
> can't, I think a runtime warning for this minor case is just overkill.
> (The C compile-time warning would be useful in other cases, too... hmm,
> perhaps we can do some post-processing of .o files, looking for
> deprecated symbols left undefined...)

Isn't there at least a GCC __attribute__((deprecated))?

Georg