Greg Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 08 March 2005, Michael Chermside said:
>> Greg writes:
>> > This is one of my top two Java features [1].
>> ...
>> > [1] The other is compiler recognition of "@deprecated" in doc comments.
>>
>> Hmm... what a good idea! Let's see... what exactly does "@deprecated" DO in
>> Java? Why it causes the compiler to emit a warning if you use the function in
>> question. Not a bad idea.
>
> Isn't it, though?
>
>> Amusingly enough, the syntax is even the same in
>> Python:
> [...code omitted...]
>
> Cooool. So simple, and yet so powerful. One might even call it Pythonic!
One difference: I imagine (hope!) the java compiler would complain if
the deprecated function is referenced, whereas the python version only
complains if it is called...
Cheers,
mwh
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