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Add SoftDeprecationWarning warning category #106137
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Implementation of my proposed PEP 387 "Soft Deprecation" policy: python/peps#3182
- Add SoftDeprecationWarning warning category
- Ignore these warnings by default, except in the
__main__module (similar to PEP 565: Show DeprecationWarning in main)
As an example, I propose to soft deprecate the getopt module: PR #105735 (currently, the PR uses a regular "hard" deprecation).
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pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
terryjreedy commentedon Jun 27, 2023
This seems like a new feature. Is there any discussion that you can link to? Such as about the PEP?
hugovk commentedon Jun 27, 2023
Discussion is ongoing at https://discuss.python.org/t/formalize-the-concept-of-soft-deprecation-dont-schedule-removal-in-pep-387-backwards-compatibility-policy/27957
vstinner commentedon Jun 27, 2023
Yes, see the first link in the issue :-)
=> python/peps#3182
Also, @hugovk gave the link to the discussion.
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
pythongh-106137: Add SoftDeprecationWarning category
vstinner commentedon Jun 30, 2023
The idea of issuing a warning for soft deprecations is not liked, so I abandon my idea: https://discuss.python.org/t/formalize-the-concept-of-soft-deprecation-dont-schedule-removal-in-pep-387-backwards-compatibility-policy/27957