The Right Way to Roll Out Library Updates in Python

While developing a library, authors may decide to remove some functions/methods/classes. But instantly rolling the update without any prior warning isn't a good practice.

This is because many users may still be using the old methods and they may need time to update their code.

Using the 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 decorator, one can convey a warning to the users about the update. This allows them to update their code before it becomes outdated.

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