[Sc-devel] [approve] Deprecation

[Scott Wilson]

Actually I think it's maybe better as is, since it confirms that the  
alternate method exists.

S.

On 19 Oct 2007, at 22:00, Scott Wilson wrote:

> Hmm, like this:
>
> this.deprecated(thisMethod, this.class.findMethod(\play));
> ... continue with method
>
> Alternate method could be in another class. Possibly it's better to  
> pass alternate class and method as separate args?
>
> S.
>
> On 19 Oct 2007, at 21:32, Jan Trutzschler wrote:
>
>> so in a deprecated method i would use it like this?
>>
>> playNow{
>> 	this. deprecated(\playNow, \play)
>> }
>>
>> j.
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Scott Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> I'll commit the following if nobody objects.
>>>
>>> If Error.debug == true if does a stack trace and halts, otherwise  
>>> it just posts a warning and continues
>>>
>>> Looks like this:
>>>
>>> DeprecatedError : Error {
>>> 	var <>receiver;
>>> 	var <>method, <>class, <>alternateMethod;
>>> 	
>>> 	*new { arg receiver, method, alternateMethod, class;
>>> 		^super.new(nil, receiver).method_(method).alternateMethod_ 
>>> (alternateMethod).class_(class)
>>> 	}
>>> 	errorString {
>>> 		^"ERROR: Method '" ++ method.name ++ "' of class " ++  
>>> class.name ++ " is deprecated and will be removed. Use '" ++  
>>> alternateMethod.ownerClass ++ ":" ++ alternateMethod.name ++ "'  
>>> instead."
>>> 	}
>>> 	
>>> 	reportError {
>>> 		this.errorString.postln;
>>> 	}
>>> 	
>>> 	throw {
>>> 		Error.handling = true;
>>> 		this.reportError;
>>> 		if (Error.debug) {
>>> 			this.dumpBackTrace;
>>> 			Error.handling = false;
>>> 			this.halt;
>>> 		} {
>>> 			Error.handling = false;
>>> 		};
>>> 		
>>> 	}
>>> }
>>>
>>> ... in Object:
>>>
>>> 	deprecated { arg method, alternateMethod;
>>> 		DeprecatedError(this, method, alternateMethod, this.class).throw;
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> Copasetic?
>>>
>>> S.
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