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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-08-08 14:26:26 +0200 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-08-08 14:26:26 +0200 |
commit | 1435c7dcf8a520daba1d221d4da7ff81119e649c (patch) | |
tree | f55096dfc9cfd7fc5975975e8e35c5fe24e566c5 /README | |
parent | 8a4ed2dd34c86eb451c5555a85f64f3fbdf9cef6 (diff) |
loose ends from "discouraged" removal
* README: Remove docs on "discouraged".
* configure.ac: Remove one more "discouraged" thing.
* doc/ref/api-deprecated.texi: Rename from api-discdepr.texi, and remove
sections on "discouraged".
* doc/ref/Makefile.am:
* doc/ref/guile.texi: Update referrers.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r-- | README | 17 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ switches specific to Guile you may find useful in some circumstances. implementation and helps to keep Guile reasonably clean of historic baggage. - Deprecated features are considered harmful; using them is likely a - bug. See below for the related notion of `discouraged' features, - which are OK but have fallen out of favor. - See the file NEWS for a list of features that are currently deprecated. Each entry will also tell you what you should replace your code with. @@ -198,16 +194,9 @@ switches specific to Guile you may find useful in some circumstances. 'warn-deprecated) to enable and disable the detailed messaged at run time. ---disable-discouraged - - In addition to deprecated features, Guile can also contain things - that are merely `discouraged'. It is OK to continue to use these - features in old code, but new code should avoid them since there are - better alternatives. - - There is nothing wrong with a discouraged feature per se, but they - might have strange names, or be non-standard, for example. Avoiding - them will make your code better. + Additionally, if your toolchain is new enough, you will receive + warnings at link time if you have a Guile extension that uses + deprecated functions provided by Guile. --disable-shared --- Do not build shared libraries. --disable-static --- Do not build static libraries. |