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| author | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2011-10-11 23:50:34 -0400 |
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| committer | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2011-10-11 23:50:34 -0400 |
| commit | c6016458ba2a981ccd72f02208f8140abde6c9d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 8675660b9b41425f027d9725fa7abecbd70eaba9 /docs | |
| parent | 3d282dcc2ef1dba36e67f91d8a6c5f589ce249ea (diff) | |
Update deprecation docs
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/reference/glib/compiling.sgml | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/compiling.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/compiling.sgml index 5ebef07ea..a47365391 100644 --- a/docs/reference/glib/compiling.sgml +++ b/docs/reference/glib/compiling.sgml @@ -71,9 +71,20 @@ $ cc `pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0` hello.c -o hello </para> <para> -If you want to make sure that your program doesn't use any deprecated -functions, you can define the preprocessor symbol G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -by using the command line option <literal>-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED=1</literal>. +Deprecated GLib functions are annotated to make the compiler +emit warnings when they are used (e.g. with gcc, you need to use +the -Wdeprecated-declarations option). If these warnings are +problematic, they can be turned off by defining the preprocessor +symbol GLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS by using the commandline +option <literal>-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS</literal> +</para> +<para> +If you want to make <emphasis>really</emphasis> sure that your program +doesn't use any deprecated functions, you can define the preprocessor +symbol G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED by using the commandline option +<literal>-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED</literal>. This will hide deprecated +API from the compiler entirely, most likely causing your program's +build to fail. </para> <para> |