version(deprecated)?

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 04-11-2012 16:48, monarch_dodra wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a way to know you are in deprecated mode or not?
>
> The deprecated attribute is great, because it gives a clear compile
> error (as opposed to a static if, which just hides the function
> completely).
>
> But the attribute alone is not enough: I have a class with a deprecated
> method, which consumes a book-keeping attribute: Not only will this
> attribute exist even though it has become useless, but the other
> functions will keep updating this attribute, even though it has no more
> consumers.
>
> What's more, I'd still want to unittest that function, but obviously,
> only when compiled in "-unittest -d".
>
> So I have a problem.
>
> --------
> Finding out if the compilation mode is deprecated is easy enough:
>
> //----
> deprecated @property void deprecateExists(){}
> enum deprecatedActive = is(typeof(deprecateExists));
> //----
>
> The thing is it's kind of dirty, and I wouldn't want to have to copy
> paste this in all of my modules, just to know whether or not deprecation
> is active...
>
>
> --------
> We've currently implemented "version(assert)" and "version(debug)". Do
> you think we should request having a "version(deprecated)"? I think it
> would be very helpful. Thoughts?
>
>

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1257

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