Isn't that what "deprecated" means: supported but discouraged?
Dirk
On 07.02.2018 00:43, Till Straumann wrote:
I'm using some (old) code with 3.15.5 and learned that
post_event() had been deprecated in favour of postEvent().
While I have no real problems with the new flavour which
in some cases might be really nice - I do question the
decision to deprecate post_event() (rather than, let's say
discourage its use for new applications but continue to
support it).
1.) There are probably many existing applications out there
using post_event(). People have better things to do than
migrating to the new version.
2.) The backwards-compatibility solution currently in place
is cheap.
3.) People might have to use code with both, 3.15+ as well
as older versions. It is a pain to have to maintain
#ifdefs for this.
My two cents...
Best
- Till