[DEPRECATED] advanced NCI parameter types

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Several NCI parameter types which have complex functionality are deprecated. These are either implementable as a layer on top of NCI from within parrot (see zavolaj for ideas), will be replaced by a more general mechanism, or break encapsulation.

Specifically, the following are deprecated, and replacement strategy suggested.

• J getinterp in sugar layer
• @ :slurpy parameters in suage layer
• t manage null-padding in sugar layer
• 0 insert null argument in sugar layer
• V an alternate, more general call-by-reference system will be provided
• 2 an alternate, more general call-by-reference system will be provided
• 3 an alternate, more general call-by-reference system will be provided
• 4 an alternate, more general call-by-reference system will be provided
• B an alternate, more general call-by-reference system will be provided
• b no replacement; stop violating the string system's assumptions
• T no replacement; undocumented, broken feature
• L no replacement; undocumented, broken feature

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This was completed in the tt1931-nci-parameters-deprecation branch.

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Update instructaions are available at:  http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki/ParrotDeprecationsFor3.6#SpecialPurposeNCIParameterTypes