Re: [RFC] Mark deprecated functions with SVN_DEPRECATED / __attribute__((deprecated))

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <arfrever.fta_at_gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to suggest that deprecated functions be additionally marked with
> __attribute__((deprecated)) [1]. I suggest to directly use SVN_DEPRECATED
> which can be defined in a header (e.g. svn_types.h) by:
> #define SVN_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))

We are committed to supporting old interfaces for the lifetime of 1.x
and they should continue to work as well as they ever did. Newer
interfaces may be better but we should not force users to upgrade, and
we should certainly not make upgrading the only way to avoid warnings.

I'd suggest something like:

#ifdef SVN_DEPRECATED_WARNING
#define SVN_DEPRECATED compiler magic
#else
#define SVN_DEPRECATED
#endif

We can arrange for our build to define SVN_DEPRECATED_WARNING and
everyone else can choose for themselves.

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Received on 2008-08-18 22:47:33 CEST