Dandelyon

Eventually, everything will come to an end.

There is no difference with code.

Deprecation should be easy, efficient and predictable.

With the the help of a few decorator functions, you can communicate to your users any changes occurring in upcoming releases.

Getting Started

Install with

pip install dandelyon

A simple deprecation warning

from dandelyon import dandelyon

@dandelyon.warn(message='Please consider using bar()')
def foo():
    return 'Fire!'
   
res = foo()
print(res) 
# 'Fire'
-----
# In your logs
# "Warning: Foo is a deprecated function. Please consider using bar()"  
    

*A shuttle from one function to another

def bar():
    return 'This is new'

@dandelyon.shuttle(ff=bar)
def foo():
    return 'This is old'

res = foo()

print(res) 
# 'This is new'  

Or add new parameters...

def bar(bar, baz):
    return 'This is a new {} {}'.format(bar, baz)

@dandelyon.alias(ff=bar)
def foo():
    return 'This is old'

res = foo('function', 'junction')

print(res)  
# 'This is a new function junction'  

Add a date where the function will deprecate and forward

expiry_date = datetime.datetime(2200, 1, 1)

def bar(bar, baz):
    return 'This is new a {} {}'.format(bar, baz)

@dandelyon.countdown(expires=expiry_date, 
                  message='Please consider using bar().', 
                  ff=bar)
def foo(bar, *args, **kwargs):
    return 'This is an old {}'.format(bar)

res = foo('function', 'junction')

# Before year 2200
print(res)  
# 'This is an old function'
-----
# In your logs:
# Warning: "foo() is a deprecated function and it will be removed by 1-1-2200. Please consider using bar()."

# Later in time... 
print(res) 
# This is a new function junction

Dependencies

None

Running the tests

python setup.py test

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Authors

• Andrew Graham-Yooll

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Add your name here!