From 9242a4af177c4c62dfacdf633eb1bbdeba273b3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:03:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a warning to the posixfile module stating that it will go
 away.

---
 Lib/posixfile.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/posixfile.py b/Lib/posixfile.py
index dcd65cd69d0..e2eb0247811 100644
--- a/Lib/posixfile.py
+++ b/Lib/posixfile.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ f.lock(mode [, len [, start [, whence]]])
               query only
 """
 
+import warnings
+warnings.warn(
+    "The posixfile module is obsolete and will disappear in the future",
+    DeprecationWarning)
+del warnings
+
+
 class _posixfile_:
     """File wrapper class that provides extra POSIX file routines."""