Agreed... from the dictionary's point of view, I can't say that it matters one way or another.
>From javadoc's, AFAIK, it still needs to be "deprecate". Thanks, Jess On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 15:59, Scott Nichol wrote: > 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 > > ======================================= > > > > > > > > > > -- ======================================= Jess Sightler Senior Developer Exim Technologies 131 Falls Street Greenville SC 29601 Phone: 864-679-4651 =======================================
