[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1474) Improve signaling of deprecated code

[Vern Paxson (JIRA)]

    [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1474?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=21974#comment-21974 ] 

Vern Paxson commented on BIT-1474:
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One thing to add is the need for some sort of option/context such that users can control when the message about the deprecated variable gets displayed.

> Improve signaling of deprecated code
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>
>                 Key: BIT-1474
>                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1474
>             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Bro
>    Affects Versions: git/master
>            Reporter: Matthias Vallentin
>              Labels: language
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> Based on discussion in BIT-1411, we need a better mechanism for deprecating code. In particular, Vern suggested the attribute {{&deprecate=expr}} syntax where {{expr}} would be an expression that evaluates at the point of use of the deprecated construct and would show the user a hint on how to migrate.



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