* Synced the perlfaq

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

diff --git a/lib/flush.pl b/lib/flush.pl
index 55002b9..577f7c7 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/flush.pl
+++ b/lib/flush.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+#
+# 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: IO::Handle
+
+warn( "The 'flush.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+      . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+      . " IO::Handle module instead." );
+
 ;# Usage: &flush(FILEHANDLE)
 ;# flushes the named filehandle