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| deprecate(3perl) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | deprecate(3perl) |
NAME¶
deprecate - Perl pragma for deprecating the core version of a moduleSYNOPSIS¶
use deprecate; # always deprecate the module in which this occurs
use if $] > 5.010, 'deprecate'; # conditionally deprecate the module
DESCRIPTION¶
This module is used using "use deprecate;" (or something that calls "deprecate->import()", for example "use if COND, deprecate;").If the module that includes "use deprecate" is located in a core library directory, a deprecation warning is issued, encouraging the user to use the version on CPAN. If that module is located in a site library, it is the CPAN version, and no warning is issued.
EXPORT¶
None by default. The only method is "import", called by "use deprecate;".SEE ALSO¶
First example to "use deprecate;" was Switch.AUTHOR¶
Original version by Nicholas ClarkCOPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright (C) 2009, 2011This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
| 2020-07-21 | perl v5.28.1 |