deprecate deprecated?

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 08-11-2012 09:13, Don Clugston wrote:
> On 07/11/12 00:56, Walter Bright wrote:
>> I know there's been some long term unhappiness about the deprecated
>> attribute - it's all-or-nothing approach, poor messages, etc. Each
>> change in it changes the language and the compiler.
>>
>> Perhaps it could be done with a user defined attribute instead?
>>
>> Anyone want to take on the challenge?
>
> That *cannot* fix the problem.
> The problem is not with the deprecated attribute at all, it's with the
> command line switches.

+1.

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