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authorSteffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>2009-09-02 18:39:36 +0200
committerSteffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>2009-09-02 18:39:36 +0200
commite879c7c674245b9a876e1c4ba5181f88494ec4c8 (patch)
tree82bcd11aec64671fea745e2458e9314ed5981124 /lib/cacheout.pl
parent5170d013f8966f2522e650b38c113229d5649593 (diff)
downloadperl-e879c7c674245b9a876e1c4ba5181f88494ec4c8.tar.gz
Deprecate cacheout.pl with a warning
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diff --git a/lib/cacheout.pl b/lib/cacheout.pl
index d2669a1cfa..789c9102c5 100644
--- a/lib/cacheout.pl
+++ b/lib/cacheout.pl
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
#
# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+# release of perl.
#
# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
# programming techniques.
#
# Suggested alternative: FileCache
+warn( "The 'cacheout.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+ . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+ . " FileCache module instead." );
+
# Open in their package.
sub cacheout'open {