[Python-Dev] Distutils using apply (original) (raw)

Oren Tirosh oren-py-d@hishome.net
Mon, 5 May 2003 10:58:06 -0400

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:50:05AM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> My comment was not specifically about Moshe's use case - it's about > the meaning of deprecation in Python. > > Does it always have to mean "start replacing because it will go > away" as seems to be implied by PEP 5 or perhaps in some cases it > could just mean "please don't use this in new code, okay" ?

I think that can be safely left up to the individual programmer, who has a better idea (hopefully) on the life expectancy of his code. We try to give guidance about the urgency of the deprecation e.g. in PEPs or by using the normally-silent PendingDeprecation (which suggests it's not urgent :-).

I'm afraid this is too subtle for me. I'll ask my question a third time, hoping for an answer that a mere mortal can understand:

Are all deprecated features on death row or are some of them merely serving a life sentence?

Oren

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