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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / fastcwd.pl

diff --git a/lib/fastcwd.pl b/lib/fastcwd.pl
index 6b452e8..1113348 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/fastcwd.pl
+++ b/lib/fastcwd.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # By John Bazik
 #
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+# release of perl.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
+# Suggested alternative: Cwd
+
+warn( "The 'fastcwd.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+      . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+      . " Cwd module instead." );
+
 # Usage: $cwd = &fastcwd;
 #
 # This is a faster version of getcwd.  It's also more dangerous because