I really dont get why people want to depricate functions just because they dont agree with the api signature.
This is a useful function, it doesnt hurt anyone if we keep it, but it does hurt when its removed. On 20 aug. 2012, at 17:53, Tim Caswell <t...@creationix.com> wrote: > How about removing it from the docs and making it non-enumerable in > the fs module. Then any new developers won't know it's there unless > they are reading someone else's code. Or maybe in the docs simply say > that it shouldn't be used and is only left there so as to not break > old code. Also, how is this different from deprecation? > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Bert Belder <bertbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:23:53 PM UTC+2, Nuno Job wrote: >>> >>>>> Maybe a note in the docs tell people that fs.stat is a better choice? >>> >>> Good idea Mikeal. Deprecation console.error && pointing people to >>> fs.stat in the docs should do the trick. >> >> >> I don't see enough compelling reasons to deprecate it. I think a doc >> addition that warns people about the funky signature and the anti-pattern >> would suffice. >> >> - Bert >> >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
