Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses

Andrew Cagney
2003-12-01T19:40:18Z

> Very true. Explicit deprecation is a tool for making that part of the
>> maintainer and contributor task far easier. Instead of wasting time
>> trying to track and find all the things being eliminated, the
>> contributor and reviewer can simply keep an eye out for deprecated in
>> their patches
>
>
> I'm not convinced that detecting STREQ is harder than detecting
> DEPRECATED_STREQ.

I was talking generally. There are currently 99 deprecated methods (and
a further 78 that are listed as potential candidates). I don't think
anyone could reasonably be expected to keep track of all of that, least
of all a non-core contributor.

Anyway, I think the STREQ specific issue has been beaten to death. I've
now learnt a robust mechanical way of eliminating the macro and will
endevor to shortly eliminate it.

enjoy,
Andrew