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Author r.david.murray
Recipients Arfrever, eric.smith, ethan.furman, gvanrossum, larry, mark.dickinson, pitrou, python-dev, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, skrah, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date 2014-01-05.17:24:36
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Given that even the stdlib used it, there is no question in my mind that a deprecation period is required.  We don't just arbitrarily break peoples code on purpose, we give them at least a release in which to fix it first.
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