📌 Marking Deprecated Code in Python: deprecated()

In large projects, old functions are not always immediately removed. They are often left for compatibility, but it's important to warn developers that they should no longer be used.

Previously,

warnings.warn()

was often used for this purpose:

import warnings

def old_api():
    warnings.warn(
        "Use new_api()",
        DeprecationWarning
    )

In Python 3.13, a

deprecated()

decorator has been introduced:

from warnings import deprecated

@deprecated("Use new_api()")
def old_api():
    return "old"

Now, the information about deprecation is part of the API itself. It can be recognized not only during runtime, but also by editors and static analysis tools.

This also works for classes:

@deprecated("Use NewClient")
class OldClient:
    pass

This is convenient for libraries, SDKs, and large projects where the API is gradually changing.

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