Index: Misc/NEWS
===================================================================
--- Misc/NEWS	(revisão 63016)
+++ Misc/NEWS	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- The symtable/_symtable modules has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
+
 - The fpformat module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
 
 - The dl module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
Index: Lib/symtable.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/symtable.py	(revisão 63016)
+++ Lib/symtable.py	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 """Interface to the compiler's internal symbol tables"""
+from warnings import warnpy3k
+warnpy3k("the symtable module has been removed in Python 3.0",
+         stacklevel=2)
+del warnpy3k
 
 import _symtable
 from _symtable import USE, DEF_GLOBAL, DEF_LOCAL, DEF_PARAM, \
Index: Lib/test/test_symtable.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_symtable.py	(revisão 63016)
+++ Lib/test/test_symtable.py	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from test import test_support
 
-import symtable
+symtable = test_support.import_module('symtable', deprecated=True)
 import unittest
 
 
Index: Lib/test/test_py3kwarn.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_py3kwarn.py	(revisão 63016)
+++ Lib/test/test_py3kwarn.py	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     # test.testall not tested as it executes all unit tests as an
     # import side-effect.
     all_platforms = ('audiodev', 'imputil', 'mutex', 'user', 'new', 'rexec',
-                        'Bastion', 'compiler', 'dircache', 'fpformat')
+                        'Bastion', 'compiler', 'dircache', 'fpformat', 'symtable', '_symtable')
     inclusive_platforms = {'irix':('pure',)}
     # XXX Don't know if lib-tk is only installed if _tkinter is built.
     optional_modules = ('bsddb185', 'Canvas', 'dl')
Index: Modules/symtablemodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/symtablemodule.c	(revisão 63016)
+++ Modules/symtablemodule.c	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 symtable_symtable(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
+
 	struct symtable *st;
 	PyObject *t;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@
 init_symtable(void)
 {
 	PyObject *m;
+	
+    	if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("the symtable module has been removed in "
+                       "Python 3.0", 2) < 0)
+        	return;  
 
 	m = Py_InitModule("_symtable", symtable_methods);
 	if (m == NULL)