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> On 26 Apr 2024, at 22:06, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] <imsop....@rwec.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> On 26 April 2024 09:40:57 BST, Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote: >> >> Given a lack of agreed definition for 'since' it appears you are using >> narrow assumptions about the meaning of 'since' that led you to view 'since' >> as useless. > > I can't see any ambiguity in the definition: "This function has been > deprecated since version 7.2" seems a straightforward English sentence, > meaning that before 7.2 it wasn't deprecated, and from that version onward it > is. > > If there's some alternative reading of it, it's not that I'm assuming it > doesn't apply, it's that I'm completely unaware of what it might be. > > Regards, > Rowan Tommins > [IMSoP] > I'd even go so far as to suggest that "since" is so commonly understood that we don't need the "This function has been " and "version " parts, and could simply write: `#[Deprecated(since: '7.2')]` and have it be understood by humans and tooling alike.
