From d9272d6f11425e04c4dfe1c4b9c834301e6d6c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:20:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add deprecation notice to statcache. --- Doc/lib/libstatcache.tex | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstatcache.tex b/Doc/lib/libstatcache.tex index 572e8b10b6c..3e7aaa3064e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstatcache.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstatcache.tex @@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} \modulesynopsis{Stat files, and remember results.} + +\deprecated{2.2}{Use \function{\refmodule{os}.stat()} directly instead +of using the cache; the cache introduces a very high level of +fragility in applications using it and complicates application code +with the addition of cache management support.} + The \module{statcache} module provides a simple optimization to \function{os.stat()}: remembering the values of previous invocations.