Hi deprecation experts,
The current way to deprecate a function that has changed name is:
old_func = deprecated_function_alias(new_func, "Sage version")
which, upon calling old_func, takes care of printing a deprecation message
"(Since Sage version) old_func is deprecated. Please use
new_func instead."
and then executes new_func. Now, if new_func is in a different module than
old_func, and if new_func is not imported by sage.all, the message becomes
misleading and the user will have a hard time finding where new_func has
been put.
Of course, this could be handled using the standard deprecation function,
but I would suggest instead that deprecated_function_alias print the full
path of new_func, inculding its module part, whenever
old_func.__module__ != new_func.__module__
This is an easy one line change in sage.misc.misc. What do you think?
Luca
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