On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:27 AM, bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com <bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 11, 10:28 pm, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Since there is no way to distinguish the two cases by the arguments, > > def deprecated(func=None, replacement=None): > if replacement: > # handle the case where a replacement has been given > elif func: > # handle the case where no replacement has been given > else: > raise ValueErrorOrSomethingLikeThis() > > > @deprecated(replacement=other_func): > def some_func(args): > # code here > > @deprecated > def another_func(args): > # code here
That works, but I would be concerned about forgetting to specify the argument by keyword, which would have the effect of deprecating the replacement function and then calling it on the function that was intended to be deprecated. Also, as in my suggestion, it doesn't seem like a big improvement to have to type out "replacement=" when you need the replacement function just to avoid typing "()" when you don't. Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
