[Python-Dev] More deprecations (original) (raw)

Neal Norwitz neal@metaslash.com
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:03:41 -0400

"Fred L. Drake, Jr." wrote:

Neal Norwitz writes: > Should the use of deprecated functions in the stdlib be removed? > string.atoi -> int > string.atof -> float > sys.exctrackback -> sys.excinfo()[2] Yes, especially that last one, since there are thread safety issues. > ConfigParser.py:311: string.atoi is deprecated > ConfigParser.py:314: string.atof is deprecated > Cookie.py:331: string.atoi is deprecated > inspect.py:658: sys.exctraceback is deprecated These are now fixed in CVS. Thanks!

Great! Thanks, you saved me the work. I noticed your changes to use string methods. Should I change other uses? I've got diffs for: ftplib, markupbase, and tabnanny. Should I check those in?

What are the modules that should keep backwards compatability with 1.5.2? It seems these are currently:

inspect
pydoc
sre*
xmlrpclib

Is this correct? Are there others?

Neal