not to pick nits, but i've never seen either message. i was simply asking about something i had read in the Camel book and wondering how it applied to my code. i've been doing due diligence in RTFM, but it's hard to read something you've never seen.
i've included here the definition of deprecate as defined by Merriam Webster online. i can see using definitions 2 or 3 when discussing features that will not be included in future releases, but it's quite a stretch for me to see this word used in context with something that will be _included_ in a future release. (2 comes close, but i still think a better message could be given.)

Main Entry: dep·re·cate
Pronunciation: 'de-pri-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari to avert by prayer, from de- + precari to pray
Date: 1628
  1. a archaic : to pray against (as an evil) b : to seek to avert [deprecate the wrath ... of the Roman people -- Tobias Smollett]
  2. : to express disapproval of
  3. a : PLAY DOWN : make little of [speaks five languages ... but deprecates this facility -- Time] b : BELITTLE, DISPARAGE [the most reluctantly admired and least easily deprecated of ... novelists -- New Yorker]

- dep·re·cat·ing·ly /-"kA-ti[ng]-lE/ adverb
- dep·re·ca·tion /"de-pri-'kA-sh&n/ noun

i apologize for the attitude of this post, but it's been one of those days, and the implication that i don't know how to find out things on my own really irks me.

In reply to (Guildenstern) RE: RE (3): Should I use $ and $# ? by Guildenstern
in thread Should I use $ and $# ? by Guildenstern

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