To deprecate or not to deprecate

As of version 5.3 of PHP, certain features and functions are [considered deprecated][1]. It comes with the territory. In major version changes, new features are added while old stuff is discarded. Unsurprisingly – and lucky for me, with that change in versions comes yet another WTF for me to rant about.

[1]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration53.deprecated.php

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