Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 21:43:30 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What does Deprecated mean in man pages? Message-ID: <20020328034330.GB91501@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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In the last episode (Mar 27), Joe & Fhe Barbish said: > My Webster Dictionary says > > 1 to feel and express disapproval of; plead against > 2 to belittle > 3 to try to avert by prayer > > None of these make any sense, so what is the author really trying say? Defnition 1 applies. A deprecated function/command is one that still exists, but that you are discouraged from using, usually because there is a better/safer alternative. A classic example is the gets() function. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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