<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Robert Collins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robertc@robertcollins.net" target="_blank">robertc@robertcollins.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think it needs a three-step dance.<br>
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1) Commit the intent to deprecate but don't signal it programmatically.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Python's warnings package has a PendingDeprecationWarning for this -- <a href="https://docs.python.org/2.6/library/warnings.html#warning-categories">https://docs.python.org/2.6/library/warnings.html#warning-categories</a><br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">- Brant<br><br></div></div></div>