Deprecate the timing module for removal in Python 3.0.

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/undoc.rst b/Doc/library/undoc.rst
index 981b0ce..9875a07 100644
--- a/Doc/library/undoc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/undoc.rst
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ extensions.
 
 :mod:`timing`
    --- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use :func:`time.clock` instead).
+   
+   .. warning:: The :mod:`timing` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
 
 
 SGI-specific Extension modules
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4065c8b..0647833 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- The timing module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
+
 - The sv module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
 
 - The multifile module has been deprecated as per PEP 4.
diff --git a/Modules/timingmodule.c b/Modules/timingmodule.c
index 56e057a..0da5c6b 100644
--- a/Modules/timingmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timingmodule.c
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@ static PyMethodDef timing_methods[] = {
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC inittiming(void)
 {
+    if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("the timing module has been removed in "
+                        "Python 3.0; use time.clock() instead", 2) < 0)
+        return;
+    
 	(void)Py_InitModule("timing", timing_methods);
 }