Re: [Python-ideas] Extend the warnings module with Deprecation utility methods and classes

Very nice, thank you. It would be a good start to collect usage patterns like this as seen in the wild for design consideration and test cases. > On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:43 PM, Joshua Harlow wrote: > > And mirrored at https://github.com/openstack/debtcollector >

Re: [Python-ideas] Extend the warnings module with Deprecation utility methods and classes

If you want, feel free to take some of the code from: https://docs.openstack.org/debtcollector/latest/reference/index.html It was made for a similar purpose (and uses warnings module at its lowest level) and may offer some things that could be in this new warnings module. Code is at: http

[Python-ideas] Extend the warnings module with Deprecation utility methods and classes

Sooner or later authors and maintainers of libraries change public interfaces of their creations. Usually one of the two approaches is taken: 1. Outright breaking change 2. Soft deprecation later followed by [1] While [1] is perfectly suitable for libraries with limited audience, [2] is what p