[Python-Dev] Deprecated xmllib module (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Dec 5 18:54:42 CET 2004

Anthony Baxter wrote:

The library docs for, e.g. xmllib already say deprecated at the top - maybe it should be larger?

I think it would be better to remove the xmllib documentation. Existing code which needs the module will continue to work even without documentation, and new code is unlikely to be written for a module that has no documentation, and where importing the module gives a DeprecationWarning.

Alternately, we could lock the folks complaining about the stdlib's state in a room with the folks who complain that every new thing has "wrecked the language that they knew and loved" and let them fight it out.

That sounds like a fair and democratic way of solving the issue.

Regards, Martin

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