Python’s many ways of string formatting — are the older ones (going to be) deprecated?

The new .format() method is meant to replace the old % formatting syntax. The latter has been de-emphasised, (but not officially deprecated yet). The method documentation states as much: This method of string formatting is the new standard in Python 3, and should be preferred to the % formatting described in String Formatting Operations in … Read more

Replacements for deprecated JPMS modules with Java EE APIs

Instead of using the deprecated Java EE modules, use the following artifacts. JAF (java.activation) JavaBeans Activation Framework (now Jakarta Activation) is a standalone technology (available on Maven Central): <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId> <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId> <version>1.2.2</version> </dependency> (Source) CORBA (java.corba) From JEP 320: There will not be a standalone version of CORBA unless third parties take over maintenance of … Read more

Why is the tag deprecated in HTML?

The <center> element was deprecated because it defines the presentation of its contents — it does not describe its contents. One method of centering is to set the margin-left and margin-right properties of the element to auto, and then set the parent element’s text-align property to center. This guarantees that the element will be centered … Read more

The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead [duplicate]

Why is this happening? The entire ext/mysql PHP extension, which provides all functions named with the prefix mysql_, was officially deprecated in PHP v5.5.0 and removed in PHP v7. It was originally introduced in PHP v2.0 (November 1997) for MySQL v3.20, and no new features have been added since 2006. Coupled with the lack of … Read more

Why is Java Vector (and Stack) class considered obsolete or deprecated?

Vector synchronizes on each individual operation. That’s almost never what you want to do. Generally you want to synchronize a whole sequence of operations. Synchronizing individual operations is both less safe (if you iterate over a Vector, for instance, you still need to take out a lock to avoid anyone else changing the collection at … Read more