[svn:parrot] r48996 - trunk

[nwellnhof at svn.parrot.org]

Author: nwellnhof
Date: Tue Sep 14 11:27:10 2010
New Revision: 48996
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/48996

Log:
Add deprecation notice for fixed_8 encoding.

Modified:
   trunk/DEPRECATED.pod

Modified: trunk/DEPRECATED.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/DEPRECATED.pod	Tue Sep 14 07:45:12 2010	(r48995)
+++ trunk/DEPRECATED.pod	Tue Sep 14 11:27:10 2010	(r48996)
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@
 These opcodes will be removed. The corresponding encoding opcodes should be
 used instead.
 
+=item fixed_8 encoding [eligible in 2.10]
+
+L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1778>
+
+The 'fixed_8' encoding is going away. Use 'ascii' instead. If you want to test
+for a fixed_8 encoding, you have to compare the encoding to 'ascii',
+'iso-8859-1' and 'binary' separately.
+
 =item open and close opcodes will be removed [eligible in 2.7]
 
 L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1697>