On 24-Jan-2000, Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just a thought: Some compilers for other languages (e.g. Java and
> Eiffel) warn the user about deprecated features, but continue
> compilation. Given the current state of flux in the Haskell libraries,
> this would be a nice thing in Haskell, too. So my suggestion is a new
> pragma DEPRECATED
I think this is a good idea.
Mercury has this (we spell it `pragma obsolete').
So the Haskell implementors might want to support it
if for no other reason than to keep up with the competition ;-)
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