Deprecate old APIsΒΆ
CPython is old, the code evolved. Some functions became useless and so should be removed. But backward compatibility matters in Python, so we need a transition period with a deprecation process.
The deprecation can be:
Emitted at runtime:
DeprecationWarningAt the compilation:
Py_DEPRECATED()In the documentation
Functions that should deprecated:
Unicode functions using
Py_UNICODEtypePy_VA_COPY(): use directly standardva_copy(), see emailPy_MEMCPY(): kept for backwards compatibility
See: