Posted by Oli Filth on 12/21/05 01:03

Default User said the following on 20/12/2005 22:36:
> Wayne wrote:
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>>"Removing deprecated or duplicated functions may sound like a good
>>idea, but if any of those functions are still widely used then they
>>should be left alone."
>>
>>Deprecated
>>(adj.) Used typically in reference to a computer language to mean a
>>command or statement in the language that is going to be made invalid
>>or obsolete in future versions.
>>
>>BY DEFINITION Deprecated functions should be removed
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> I disagree with this. As deprecated elements may be removed, no new
> code should be written that uses them. However, if removal of the
> deprecated construct will cause significant breakage of existing code,
> then an overriding reason should be present for immediate removal.
>

But by that argument, deprecated features would *never* *ever* get
removed, and so rendering the term "deprecated" redundant.

--
Oli

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