Maybe instead of writing "make sure that you deprecate the method", we should write "make sure that you @deprecate the method", and avoid thesaurus.com altogether ;-)
Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:48 PM Subject: Re: Another API breaking change > Source: dictionary.com > > dep-re-cate > 1. To express disapproval of, deplore > 2. To belittle, depreciate > > dep-pre-ci-ate > 1. To lessen the price or value of > 2. To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle > > Usage Note: The first and fully accepted meaning of deprecate is "to > express disapproval of." But the word has steadily encroached on the > meaning of depreciate. It is now used, almost to the exclusion of > depreciate, in the sense "to belittle or mildly disparage," as in He > deprecated his own contribution. > > > Source: thesaurus.com > > Synonyms for deprecate: bemoan, bewail, condemn, deplore, **depreciate** , > derogate, detract, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, > disfavor, disparage, expostulate, frown, lament, mudsling, object, pooh > pooh, pour mouth, protest against, put down, rip, run down, take down > [emphasis added] > > I say toh-mah-toh, you say tuh-may-toh, who cares it's still a fruit. :-) > > - James Snell > IBM Emerging Technologies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (559) 587-1233 (office) > (700) 544-9035 (t/l) > Programming Web Services With SOAP > O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0596000952 > > Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. > Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your > God will be with you whereever you go. - Joshua 1:9 > > > > Jess Sightler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 01/07/2003 12:25 PM > Please respond to axis-dev > > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > Russell Butek/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS > bcc > > Subject > Re: Another API breaking change > > > > > > way to make this change would have been to depreciate the existing > > Deprecate... deprecate... deprecate... deprecate... deprecate... ;-) > > Ok, no offense, but this one is a pet-peeve of mine. Make sure that you > deprecate the method. Don't depreciate it. > > Thanks, > Jess > 'Cuz-it-ain't-accounting > > > > On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 15:12, James M Snell wrote: > > Found another API breaking change that needs to be fixed. This one made > > by Russell Butek and involves org.apache.axis.description.ParameterDesc > . > > > > An Axis 1.0 constructor was changed in version 1.22.6.2. The > appropriate > > way to make this change would have been to depreciate the existing > > constructor and to create a new one. Russell, can you please go back > and > > make the appropriate fixes? > > > > - James Snell > > IBM Emerging Technologies > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (559) 587-1233 (office) > > (700) 544-9035 (t/l) > > Programming Web Services With SOAP > > O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0596000952 > > > > Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. > > Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your > > God will be with you whereever you go. - Joshua 1:9 > -- > ======================================= > Jess Sightler > Senior Developer > Exim Technologies > 131 Falls Street > Greenville SC 29601 > Phone: 864-679-4651 > ======================================= > > > > >
