SCHEDULED for deprecation

[Tomasz Sowiñski]

Georg Wrede Wrote:

> Yes. It's a matter of principle, that a compiler should behave the same, 
> no matter what the wall clock says. (Commercial beta versions excluded, 
> which totally stop working at a fixed date, but that's different.)
> 
> What could be useful is a switch --show-deprecated that simply puts out 
> a list of the currently deprecated functions and things. But that's 
> asking for too much, I admit. Rather, the change log would be the right 
> place for that. There they should be in one place, diligently listed.
> 

I proposed this because, from my experience, no one would switch such a switch. Time-pressure erradicates all thoughts about maintanance, as long as it works/compiles.

Tomek