Re: Obsolete functions and variables

[Nick Roberts]

 > >>  I guess the dangers generally outweigh the advantages but there's not
 > >>  much point in marking them obsolete if they're never going to be
 > >>  removed.
 > > 
 > > I agree. I just don't expect it to happen.
 > 
 > 
 > I am not sure I agree. Are not a function sometimes marked as obsolete 
 > because there is a new better version that works in more cases? The old 
 > obsolete function may still work in many cases.

  Obsolete \Ob"so*lete\, a. [L. obsoletus, p. p. of obsolescere.
     See {Obsolescent}.]
     1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;

Hmm, this is starting to sound like Monty Python's dead parrot sketch!

 > Maybe a more visible warning when obsolete things are found would be 
 > good? (Using for example lwarn.)

How would this work?  Not in some hand wavy way but with a real code
explanation.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob