On 2010-10-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <slrniaqm69.28f8.usenet-nos...@guild.seebs.net>, Seebs wrote: >> ... but I wasn't aware that it had been deprecated, except in the sense of >> being derided and dismissed as of no value.
> What more did you want? :) Well, formal "deprecation" in the language standards sense, as in, "warning, we will be removing this from future versions of this language". There's a difference between something like gets() or tempnam(), where some compilers will refuse to link programs which call them, and something like scanf(), where I've never heard of a compiler doing anything of the sort. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list