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nlist.3: Add deprecation notice
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Authored by emaste on May 18 2026, 11:17 PM.
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rG2ca9d9256fd4: nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice
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rG94b7a335683a: nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice
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It is a relic from a.out days and is poorly specified. Although ELF support was added there are better ways to access ELF data.

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emaste created this revision.May 18 2026, 11:17 PM
Herald added a subscriber: ziaee. · View Herald TranscriptMay 18 2026, 11:17 PM
emaste requested review of this revision.May 18 2026, 11:17 PM
kib accepted this revision.May 18 2026, 11:35 PM

Could you please also document the '_' quirk?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.May 18 2026, 11:35 PM
des added a comment.May 18 2026, 11:41 PM
In D57078#1307971, @kib wrote:

Could you please also document the '_' quirk?

D57034 removes it

Closed by commit rG94b7a335683a: nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice (authored by emaste). · Explain WhyMay 18 2026, 11:58 PM
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ziaee added a comment.May 19 2026, 2:56 AM

Sorry I'm late to the party. Can we have the introductory sentence to DESCRIPTION explaining what something is, instead of explaining that we don't want people to use it?

des added a comment.May 19 2026, 7:24 AM

Deprecation notices are usually in a separate section, cf. D55381

emaste added a commit: rGbe2da08e0b5b: nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice.May 26 2026, 5:14 PM
emaste added a commit: rG2ca9d9256fd4: nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice.May 26 2026, 5:18 PM

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