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- Please explain the downvotes here. I do not want to accept my own answer if it is widely considered to be wrong. Is it because I am being presumptive? It is not my place to deprecate an API?Bruce Adams– Bruce Adams2022-04-16 11:26:31 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 11:26
- 3"I believe you /proc/pid/stat should be considered deprecated" - This is quite strong suggestion. And it conflicts with "we do not break userspace" rule. Most likely, this is the reason you got downvotes.Tsyvarev– Tsyvarev2022-04-16 11:48:34 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 11:48
- You can just say you think it's dangerous to use instead of this nonsense about "considered deprecated" when it mostly definitely isn't and probably never will be deprecated. Why so hung up on deprecation?muru– muru2022-04-16 11:52:59 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 11:52
- Bad grammar corrected. Emphasis removed. Does deprecation break userspace? Only the actual removal of the interface would break it. Surely decouraging use of something would not.Bruce Adams– Bruce Adams2022-04-16 11:53:49 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 11:53
- Deprecation to me means "do not use this because there is something better".Bruce Adams– Bruce Adams2022-04-16 11:54:53 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 11:54
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