From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-26T06:24:56+09:00
Subject: deprecated


This just occurred to me (for Java fans):

class Module
   def deprecated *meths
     meths.each do |me|
       aliased = "_deprecate_#{me}"
       alias_method aliased, me
       class_eval "def #{me}(*a,&b) $stderr.puts 'WARNING: deprecated 
method called: #{me}'; #{aliased}(*a,&b) end"
     end
   end
end

irb(main):010:0> class String
irb(main):011:1>   deprecated :to_i
irb(main):012:1> end
=> [:to_i]
irb(main):013:0> "123".to_i
WARNING: deprecated method called: to_i
=> 123
irb(main):014:0>

Kind regards

	robert