On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Fred Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 8, 2008, at 11:47 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > > I think, however, that the docs should be revised now, for 2.6/3.0. > > In the list of methods under TestCase Objects, the preferred method > > of each > > pair (or triplit) should be given first and the others marked as > > future > > deprecations, not recommended for new test code.
> +1 ! > > This kind of information, once known, should be included in all > maintained versions of the documentation so that users can build good > coding habits, or have more time to adjust existing code. Great point, Fred! This sounds like a general strategy that we might employ more often -- when deprecating something, the first step ought to be to document the best practice. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
