=head1 .imc file extension

http://xrl.us/jc4u

 IMC vs. PIR
 Two names enter
 One name leaves

 /me giggles
 -- Chip Salzenberg

=head1 Deprecated C APIs

Currently no C APIs are deprecated.

=head1 Deprecated methods

=over 4

=item PGE

PGE::P6Regex is now a registered compiler, and should be used like so:

 <@pmichaud> it's easy; instead of  $P0 = find_global "PGE", "p6rule"
   one now does  $P0 = compreg "PGE::P6Regex"

This syntax is also true for PGE::Glob and PGE::P5Regex

=back

=head1 Deprecated ops

From http://www.parrotcode.org/docs/ops/var.html, the following ops are 
deprecated:

=over 4

=item store_global

=item find_global

=item find_name

=back

There are several variants of some of the above ops; all are deprecated,
and are replaced by the ops {set,get}_[hll,root]_global. See also
http://www.parrotcode.org/docs/ops/var.html.

The C<classname> op will deprecated in the 0.5.0 release. It's an exact
duplicate of the string return variant of the C<typeof> op.

=head1 Deprecated vtable methods

The following vtable methods are deprecated:

=over 4

=item PMC* subclass(PMC* name)

=back

=head1 Deprecated classes

To be removed from the 0.4.14 release [RT #43249].

 src/pmc/smop_class.pmc
 src/pmc/smop_attribute.pmc
 t/pmc/smop_attribute.t
 t/pmc/smop_class.t
 compilers/smop/ (entire directory)

=head1 FUTURE changes

Not yet deprecated, but it's recommended to use the new syntax and
gradually change the old.

=over 4

=item PMC Class name IDs [#41237]

... will require a dot in front

  $P0 = new Integer               => $P0 = new .Integer

=item Assignment syntax with opcodes [#36283]

When the first argument of an opcode is C<OUT>, then the assignment syntax
will be allowed, as it is today.

In any other case (i.e. C<INOUT>, C<IN>), this will become
a syntax error. For example:

    $S0 = print
    $P0 = substr 1, 2, "x"

Will have to be:

    print $S0
    substr $P0, 1, 2, "x"

=back
