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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>2020-01-22 19:44:22 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-22 19:44:22 (GMT)
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bpo-39353: Deprecate the binhex module (GH-18025)
Deprecate binhex4 and hexbin4 standards. Deprecate the binhex module and the following binascii functions: * b2a_hqx(), a2b_hqx() * rlecode_hqx(), rledecode_hqx() * crc_hqx()
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@@ -353,6 +353,16 @@ Deprecated
deprecated and will be removed in version 3.11.
(Contributed by Yury Selivanov and Kyle Stanley in :issue:`34790`.)
+* binhex4 and hexbin4 standards are now deprecated. The :`binhex` module
+ and the following :mod:`binascii` functions are now deprecated:
+
+ * :func:`~binascii.b2a_hqx`, :func:`~binascii.a2b_hqx`
+ * :func:`~binascii.rlecode_hqx`, :func:`~binascii.rledecode_hqx`
+ * :func:`~binascii.crc_hqx`
+
+ (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`39353`.)
+
+
Removed
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