[Xotcl] Class unknown -> create is considered harmful

[Kristoffer Lawson]

On 7 Jan 2009, at 15:45, Gustaf Neumann wrote:

> i do agree with you, that the default unknown handler for
> classes/metaclasses is harmful. i prefer as well the explicit
> create/new statement for various reasons.
>
> The handler is a heritage from OTcl, and the reason XOTcl
> keeps the heritiage is backward compatibility. Many programs
> simply use unknown....
>
> However, maybe we should mark its usage as deprecated and
> remove it in future versions, such as XOTcl 2.0....

As someone who has stumbled across this as well, I would vote for  
deprecation. I always use 'new' anyway.

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