[Zope-dev] Re: SVN: Zope/branches/ajung-zpt-end-game/lib/python/Products/PageTemplates/Expressions.py Officially deprecate the BBB methods on the iterator and add a note

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Tres Seaver wrote:
>>> +    @deprecate("The 'first' method has been deprecated and will disappear "
>>> +               "in Zope 2.12.  Use the 'start' property instead.")
>>>      def first(self, name=None):
>>>          if self.start:
>>>              return True
>>>          return not self.same_part(name, self._last, self.item)
>>>  
>>> +    @deprecate("The 'last' method has been deprecated and will disappear "
>>> +               "in Zope 2.12.  Use the 'end' property instead.")
>>>      def last(self, name=None):
>>>          if self.end:
>>>              return True
>>>
> 
> I don't think deprecating 'first' and 'last' is appropriate here:  they
> *aren't* synonyms for 'start' and 'end;  they are used to implement
> sort-break processing.  Here is the comment from the checkin which
> initially documented them
> (http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zpt/2001-December/002598.html):

This sounds sensible. Thanks for the pointer. I'll undeprecate them :).

Philipp