I'd agree with AJ's assessment, if you may seek more confirmation, Chris. That said, I'd note as well that I don't think that that document (or the version from each previous release) has ever indicated when a given line item's corresponding feature set has been *reduced* in functionality, let alone deprecated or obsoleted.
So while I don't think you'd want to read the document as in any way referring to a loss of functionality for those items (just a continuation of their general support), I don't think you want to conclude from it that there is NO loss of functionality. And let's be fair in that regard and note that it is subtitled "Feature Improvement history", so they should not be expected to offer info on loss of functionality. :-) But since there was no real "release notes" for CF10, the only real way to know if a given tag or function has been deprecated or obsoleted is to look in the CFML Reference. That said, the tables there of obsoleted tags and obsoleted functions both show changes since CF7. I did a scan through the reference and found one deprecation that is not listed in that table: TimeFormat ColdFusion 10: The mask "m or M" for minute is deprecated. Recommended "n or N". The "Developing Applications" manual (nearly as large as the Reference, at 1300+ pages) doesn't do much to track deprecated or obsolete features, but it does have a chapter 1 on what's new in CF10. It's not a complete list. For that, I'd recommend my "ultimate list of 200+ new CF10 features", at: http://tinyurl.com/ultimatecf10list, or http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2012/3/7/charlie_areharts_ulti mate_cf10_new_features_list/. But there too I do not list any deprecated or obsoleted features, as again it was about "new features". (Ad as for Flash Remoting, I'm not aware of any reduction in features for that specifically. Of course, with the change to running on Tomcat, and the reliance of Flash Remoting on client-to-server communications, I suppose there could possibly be issues. Since it's not a feature too widely used, the number of folks who use it who have upgraded to 10 could be rather small, so you'll want to do thorough testing yourself, or just trust that Adobe had done so.) Finally, someone may want to point out that the Code Analyzer in the CF Admin ("Debugging & Logging" section) has always offered as an option an ability to identify if any tags/functions in some given code may be deprecated or obsoleted. I've not been 100% trusting of that myself, but it's worth a shot if you're concerned. More than you asked for, but hopefully helpful. /charlie PS As long as I'm on a roll, I'll note also that the word really is "deprecated", rather than "depreciated". No offense intended Chris, and I hope none taken. I'm writing this for other readers as well, as it's a frequent source of confusion. "Deprecated" means a feature is identified as no longer supported and should no longer be used (and "obsoleted" means it CAN NO LONGER be used), whereas "depreciated" is more of an accounting term, referring to the loss in value of something over time. That meaning is certainly close enough to explain the frequent confusion of the words. :-) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AJ Mercer Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [cfaussie] Depreciation/reduction of some functionality from 9 to 10? to me that reads as improved in CF9, and still there in CF10 (now old news) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
