[Python-Dev] PendingDeprecationWarning

[Ezio Melotti]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> My impression is that the original reason for PendingDeprecationWarning
> versus DeprecationWarning was to be off by default until the last release
> before removal. But having DeprecationWarnings on by default was found to be
> too obnoxious and it too is off by default. So do we still need
> PendingDeprecationWarnings? My impression is that it is mostly not used, as
> it is a nuisance to remember to change from one to the other. The
> deprecation message can always indicate the planned removal time. I searched
> the Developer's Guide for both deprecation and DeprecationWarning and found
> nothing.

See http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-October/114199.html

Best Regards,
Ezio Melotti