Record that old names won't be deprecated

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Antoine Pitrou 2011-07-27 00:40:58 +02:00
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Deprecation of names Deprecation of names
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It is not yet decided whether the old names will be deprecated (then removed) The following paragraphs outline a possible deprecation strategy for
or all names will continue living forever in the builtins namespace. old exception names. However, it has been decided to keep them as aliases
for the time being. This decision could be revised in time for Python 4.0.
built-in exceptions built-in exceptions
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A reference implementation is available in A reference implementation is available in
http://hg.python.org/features/pep-3151/ in branch ``pep-3151``. It is http://hg.python.org/features/pep-3151/ in branch ``pep-3151``. It is
also tracked on the bug tracker at http://bugs.python.org/issue12555. also tracked on the bug tracker at http://bugs.python.org/issue12555.
Its current state is that all semantic changes and additions are implemented, It has been successfully tested on a variety of systems: Linux, Windows,
but the `deprecation of names`_ mechanism isn't. It has been successfully OpenIndiana and FreeBSD buildbots.
tested on a variety of systems: Linux, Windows, OpenIndiana and FreeBSD
buildbots.
One source of trouble has been with the respective constructors of ``IOError`` One source of trouble has been with the respective constructors of ``IOError``
and ``WindowsError``, which were incompatible. The way it is solved is by and ``WindowsError``, which were incompatible. The way it is solved is by