@Deprecated: never -DrD-
> If we can't deprecate this, we might as well deprecate @Deprecated. > > On May 14, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Alan Bateman wrote: > >> >> I would like to broach the subject of pulling out the implementation of >> Thread.stop(Throwable), maybe suspend/resume later. By "pulling out" I mean >> changing it to unconditionally throw UnsupportedOperationException. >> >> As we all know, these methods have been deprecated since 1998 so that's 15 >> years to design out any need for these methods. That said, I periodically >> come across code that uses no-arg Thread.stop(). David Holmes mentioned to >> me recently that he came across a usage in the recent past too. I don't >> think I've ever come across code using Thread.stop(Throwable) and this one >> is arguably the most dangerous of the group. >> >> So I'm curious if anyone has come across a Thread.stop(Throwable) usage in >> recent times. Clearly changing this would be a significant change but the >> real impact might be close to zero. If we decide this is the right thing to >> do then there is a bit of detail to work out, that's for later. >> >> -Alan. >
