Re: Obsolete functions and variables

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Nick Roberts <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >  I guess
> >  the dangers generally outweigh the advantages but there's not much point in
> >  marking them obsolete if they're never going to be removed.
>
> I agree. I just don't expect it to happen.


I am not sure I agree. Are not a function sometimes marked as obsolete 
because there is a new better version that works in more cases? The old 
obsolete function may still work in many cases.

Maybe a more visible warning when obsolete things are found would be 
good? (Using for example lwarn.)