Deprecate preserve_random_state (#4826)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/networkx/utils/decorators.py b/networkx/utils/decorators.py
index c1b61f33..8ab0a4d2 100644
--- a/networkx/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/networkx/utils/decorators.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from os.path import splitext
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
+import warnings
 
 import networkx as nx
 from decorator import decorator
@@ -331,6 +332,9 @@ def preserve_random_state(func):
     -----
     If numpy.random is not importable, the state is not saved or restored.
     """
+    msg = "preserve_random_state is deprecated and will be removed in 3.0."
+    warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning)
+
     try:
         import numpy as np