Re: status on $[arith] for eval arith vsl $((arith))??

[dethrophes]

ever thought of going the depreciation route.
Something like what microsoft do with vc.

I.e. give a warning for depreciated constructs. With a hint as to how to 
do it better?

Am 08.04.2012 21:30, schrieb Chet Ramey:
> On 4/8/12 3:02 PM, Maarten Billemont wrote:
>
> > Any particular reason for not removing old undocumented functionality, or is 
> > that mostly the nature of this beast - dragging along and maintaining ancient 
> > code for the sake of compatibility?=
> Because, as Linda discovered, there is still working code out there using
> it.  Maybe we'll get to a point where it's all gone, but we're not there
> yet.