On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:24:24 -0400 (EDT) "Eric Smith" <e...@trueblade.com> wrote: > >> > >> >> Given the recent discussion about backwards compatibility: what's > >> >> the best approach? What warning should be emitted, if any? > >> >> (the warning would only be generated if an s# or similar format > >> >> was actually encountered - not just if merely PyArg_ParseTuple is > >> >> called). > >> > > >> > I'd say a DeprecationWarning. They are quiet by default anyway... > >> > >> Why not a PendingDeprecationWarning? > > > > Is there still a difference? > > Only that it takes one extra release to go from > pending->deprecated->removed, as opposed to deprecated->removed.
Well, some things have been issueing deprecation warnings for several releases, I think. And given Guido's latest stance on the subject we may see more of them in the future. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
