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# NAME

deprecate - Perl pragma for deprecating the core version of a module

# SYNOPSIS

        use deprecate;      # always deprecate the module in which this occurs

        use if $] > 5.010, 'deprecate';     # conditionally deprecate the module

# DESCRIPTION

This module is used using `use deprecate;` (or something that calls `deprecate->import()`, for example `use if COND, deprecate;`).

If the module that includes `use deprecate` is located in a core library directory, a deprecation warning is issued, encouraging the user to use the version on CPAN. If that module is located in a site library, it is the CPAN version, and no warning is issued.

## EXPORT

None by default. The only method is `import`, called by `use deprecate;`.

# SEE ALSO

First example to `use deprecate;` was Switch.

# AUTHOR

Original version by Nicholas Clark

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009, 2011

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.