perl 4 code in lib/

$ ack 'This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward|compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.' lib/ 
lib/abbrev.pl
8:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
9:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/bigfloat.pl
4:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/bigint.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/bigrat.pl
4:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/cacheout.pl
2:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
3:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/complete.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/ctime.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/dotsh.pl
4:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/exceptions.pl
4:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/fastcwd.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/flush.pl
2:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
3:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/getcwd.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/getopt.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/getopts.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/hostname.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/look.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/newgetopt.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/pwd.pl
4:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.

lib/termcap.pl
3:# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4:# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.


How about we make all 19 warn that they are deprecated for 5.12, and delete
them in 5.13?

I'm not sure what all the other 27 *.pl files in lib are, particularly 15
out of the 17 others at the top level. Maybe they can go too.

[lib/perl5db.pl and lib/utf8_heavy.pl I have some idea about :-)]

Nicholas Clark

• perl 4 code in lib/ by Nicholas Clark
• RE: perl 4 code in lib/ by Jan Dubois