Remove unused function Parrot_get_namespace_autobase

[coke]

The function Parrot_get_namespace_autobase in src/globals.c is never used and should be considered for deletion.

[whiteknight]

What's the status of this request? Are we able to delete this unused function or not? If this function is actually intended to be used (such as through the embedding interface) we should write up an example that uses it.

[coke]

If C functions fall under our normal deprecation guidelines (recent evidence to the contrary ignored for the moment), then we probably can't remove it without a RELEASE of it listed in the DEPRECATION file.)

[whiteknight]

I was under the impresion that deprecation notices were only being used for PIR-facing interface changes, and not for internals. Do we need a deprecation cycle for this?

[coke]

Not PIR-facing, but user-visible.

Given the spongy nature of what PARROT_API and PARROT_EXPORT currently mean, and that all the internals are exposed to HLL authors writing PMCs, there's at least a need to resolve the question as to what we can remove without notice. (especially as 1.0 approaches)

[whiteknight]

Added this to DEPRECATED.pod in r38351. We can remove it after v1.5, if nobody has an objection before then.

[jkeenan]

As a reference, here is where I currently (r39228) find mention of Parrot_get_namespace_autobase:

./src/global.c:392:=item C<PMC * Parrot_get_namespace_autobase(PARROT_INTERP, PMC *key)>
./src/global.c:407:Parrot_get_namespace_autobase(PARROT_INTERP, ARGIN_NULLOK(PMC *key))
./src/global.c:409:    ASSERT_ARGS(Parrot_get_namespace_autobase)
./include/parrot/global.h:81:PMC * Parrot_get_namespace_autobase(PARROT_INTERP, ARGIN_NULLOK(PMC *key))
./include/parrot/global.h:177:#define ASSERT_ARGS_Parrot_get_namespace_autobase __attribute__unused__ int _ASSERT_ARGS_CHECK = \
./DEPRECATED.pod:227:=item Parrot_get_namespace_autobase [eligible in 1.5]

[bacek]

Replying to coke:

The function Parrot_get_namespace_autobase in src/globals.c is never used and should be considered for deletion.

Function removed in r40186. Closing ticket.

-- Bacek