__attribute__ ((deprecated))

[Anthony Green]

Stan wrote:
> 3. If yes, what are the implementation caveats to watch out for?
>    (needs to work for all of C/ObjC/C++)

This looks cool, but how would this work with localized compilers?

> 	extern int worse_fn (char)
> 	  __attribute__ ((deprecated "use new_good_fn instead"));
> 
> to get
> 
> 	warning: worse_fn is deprecated; use new_good_fn instead

We would need some scheme for localizing these messages, or just put
up with mixed language compiler warnings.

AG