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Subject:Re: When is it too much information? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:tech2wr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:04 -0800
This works for consumer software. But programmers are well aware of the
meaning of "deprecated" and would expect that over time their favourite
libraries may implement new methods to replace currently used models. So
Peter answered both questions. ;-)
-Tony
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Peter Hirons <peter -at- galley -dot- ie> wrote:
> I'd agree deprecated isn't a commonly-known word, but a deprecated
> feature is neither deleted nor removed.
>
> If you want another word how about "no longer supported features".
>
> Peter
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