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| author | Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> | 2009-09-02 18:43:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> | 2009-09-02 18:43:10 +0200 |
| commit | e3c0ad970ebd69ea25e9ecd3835c43fcf2d80b0a (patch) | |
| tree | 9b465be1949a12d519cf7e0f3a48242ff569624a | |
| parent | 1aaec2974763f3218f70faa91f2f7ccaaf587af5 (diff) | |
| download | perl-e3c0ad970ebd69ea25e9ecd3835c43fcf2d80b0a.tar.gz | |
Deprecate ctime.pl with a warning
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ctime.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ctime.pl b/lib/ctime.pl index 6a3f295968..6f4016a226 100644 --- a/lib/ctime.pl +++ b/lib/ctime.pl @@ -2,11 +2,18 @@ # # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it. +# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future +# release of perl. # # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl # programming techniques. # # Suggested alternative: the POSIX ctime function + +warn( "The 'ctime.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be" + . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the" + . " POSIX module (ctime function) instead." ); + ;# ;# Waldemar Kebsch, Federal Republic of Germany, November 1988 ;# kebsch.pad@nixpbe.UUCP |