Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] #[\Deprecated] attribute again v1.3

[Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]]

On 25 April 2024 22:01:35 BST, Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] <imsop....@rwec.co.uk> 
>> wrote:
>> If the project has no clear deprecation policy, the information is useless 
>> anyway.
>
>Not true.
>
>Having standardized notation for deprecation would allow tooling to analyze a 
>codebase and determine if it contains deprecated code that needs to be 
>remediated without having to run the code with full coverage.  


I think you missed the context of that sentence - or I'm missing something in 
yours. I meant specifically that the "deprecated since" information is useless 
if there's no published policy on how long something will stay deprecated. 

I think the "deprecated" attribute itself is definitely useful.

Regards,
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]