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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: No "pragma Deprecated (NAME)"?
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:30:33 -0800 (PST)
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Michael R wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On Jan 20, 7:57=A0pm, "Jeffrey R. Carter"
>>> =A0 =A0function Name (T : My_Type) return String;
>>> =A0 =A0function To_String (T : My_Type) return String
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 renames Name;
>>> =A0 =A0pragma Deprecated (To_String);
>
>> "Deprecated" is not a language-defined pragma, but unrecognized pragmas =
should
>> be ignored (ARM 2.8). I see nothing wrong with your function renaming. W=
hat
>> error message did you get?
>
> Yes, it generated a warning as un-recognized but I was hoping for the
> functionality, i.e., the implementation of this pragma where usage
> of the old name generates deprecated warning when used.

GNAT has an implementation-defined "pragma Obsolescent", see

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gnat_rm/Pragma-Obsolescent.html

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Ludovic Brenta.