I need to mark routines as deprecated, but apparently there's no standard library decorator for deprecation. I am aware of recipes for it and the warnings module, but my question is: why is there no standard library decorator for this (common) task ?
Addi开发者_运维知识库tional question: are there standard decorators in the standard library at all ?
Here's some snippet, modified from those cited by Leandro:
import warnings
import functools
def deprecated(func):
"""This is a decorator which can be used to mark functions
as deprecated. It will result in a warning being emitted
when the function is used."""
@functools.wraps(func)
def new_func(*args, **kwargs):
warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning) # turn off filter
warnings.warn("Call to deprecated function {}.".format(func.__name__),
category=DeprecationWarning,
stacklevel=2)
warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning) # reset filter
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return new_func
# Examples
@deprecated
def some_old_function(x, y):
return x + y
class SomeClass:
@deprecated
def some_old_method(self, x, y):
return x + y
Because in some interpreters the first solution exposed (without filter handling) may result in a warning suppression.
Here is another solution:
This decorator (a decorator factory in fact) allow you to give a reason message. It is also more useful to help the developer to diagnose the problem by giving the source filename and line number.
EDIT: This code use Zero's recommendation: it replace warnings.warn_explicit
line by warnings.warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
,
which prints the function call site rather than the function definition site. It makes debugging easier.
EDIT2: This version allow the developper to specify an optional "reason" message.
import functools
import inspect
import warnings
string_types = (type(b''), type(u''))
def deprecated(reason):
"""
This is a decorator which can be used to mark functions
as deprecated. It will result in a warning being emitted
when the function is used.
"""
if isinstance(reason, string_types):
# The @deprecated is used with a 'reason'.
#
# .. code-block:: python
#
# @deprecated("please, use another function")
# def old_function(x, y):
# pass
def decorator(func1):
if inspect.isclass(func1):
fmt1 = "Call to deprecated class {name} ({reason})."
else:
fmt1 = "Call to deprecated function {name} ({reason})."
@functools.wraps(func1)
def new_func1(*args, **kwargs):
warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)
warnings.warn(
fmt1.format(name=func1.__name__, reason=reason),
category=DeprecationWarning,
stacklevel=2
)
warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)
return func1(*args, **kwargs)
return new_func1
return decorator
elif inspect.isclass(reason) or inspect.isfunction(reason):
# The @deprecated is used without any 'reason'.
#
# .. code-block:: python
#
# @deprecated
# def old_function(x, y):
# pass
func2 = reason
if inspect.isclass(func2):
fmt2 = "Call to deprecated class {name}."
else:
fmt2 = "Call to deprecated function {name}."
@functools.wraps(func2)
def new_func2(*args, **kwargs):
warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)
warnings.warn(
fmt2.format(name=func2.__name__),
category=DeprecationWarning,
stacklevel=2
)
warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)
return func2(*args, **kwargs)
return new_func2
else:
raise TypeError(repr(type(reason)))
You can use this decorator for functions, methods and classes.
Here is a simple example:
@deprecated("use another function")
def some_old_function(x, y):
return x + y
class SomeClass(object):
@deprecated("use another method")
def some_old_method(self, x, y):
return x + y
@deprecated("use another class")
class SomeOldClass(object):
pass
some_old_function(5, 3)
SomeClass().some_old_method(8, 9)
SomeOldClass()
You'll get:
deprecated_example.py:59: DeprecationWarning: Call to deprecated function or method some_old_function (use another function).
some_old_function(5, 3)
deprecated_example.py:60: DeprecationWarning: Call to deprecated function or method some_old_method (use another method).
SomeClass().some_old_method(8, 9)
deprecated_example.py:61: DeprecationWarning: Call to deprecated class SomeOldClass (use another class).
SomeOldClass()
EDIT3: This decorator is now part of the Deprecated library:
- Python package index (PyPi)
- GitHub website
- Read The Docs
New stable release v1.2.13
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