[libdvdnav-devel] [PATCH] add __DEPRECATED__ modifier which can be used to deprecate API calls where compiler supports it

[Andrew Clayton]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:49:15 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Rather than checking the GNUC version in the C code to see if it
> supports __attribute__((deprecated)), this does the check at configure
> time, to be compatible with non-GCC compilers that also support the
> same language extension.

Heh, I don't suppose you could make the subject a bit shorter so it fits
in 72 chars or so?

How about just dropping the "where compiler supports it" bit and
then explain that in the commit message?

Keep in mind about how it looks in things like git (short}log etc...

Cheers,
Andrew