Terminology question: Deprecated function

["Stern, Geoff" <GStern -at- NetSilicon -dot- com>]

De-lurking to pose a terminology question:

Our software engineers have been using the term "deprecated function" to
mean a function that has been (and still is) fully supported  but will
not be supported in some future version (usually the next one or so).

None of us -- engineers or writers -- likes this term, although it seems
to be widespread usage in API documentation.

Any suggestions for an alternative that's fairly laconic? (It would be
nice to have something short enough to use in a kind of overview table
or checklist of APIs.)

Thanks.

==
 Geoff Stern
NetSilicon, Inc.
"Complete Embedded Networking Now"
411 Waverley Oaks Rd #227
Waltham MA 02452
www.netsilicon.com
mailto:GStern -at- NetSilicon -dot- com 800 243-2333 or 781 647-1234 ext 4540 




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