Deprecate Buffers.

[Andrew Whitworth]

That's an extremely good point, Peter. I do not think that Buffers are
user-visible and require a deprecation period.

--Andrew Whitworth



On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Peter Lobsinger <plobsing at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Peter Lobsinger <plobsing at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Deprecate Buffers.
> To: Vasily Chekalkin <bacek at bacek.com>
>
>
> Why do they even need deprecation? Are they user visible somehow?
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Vasily Chekalkin <bacek at bacek.com> wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Currently we have STRING and Buffers as one of core GCable objects.
>> Buffers were introduced long time ago, before ByteBuffer PMC. At this
>> point of Buffers used only in Packfiles and can be easiliy replaced
>> with BytBuffer.
>>
>> I would like to deprecate Buffers. It will simplify life of ony GC
>> implementors (e.g. me with gc_massacre), cleanup code, decrease
>> maintenance cost, etc.
>>
>> --
>> Bacek
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