[Jython-dev] passing test_types (well almost) & what to do about deprecated methods

[Brian Z. <bz...@zi...>]

With the exception of the buffer type, test_types now passes after I 
converted PyLong to a new-style class.

On another similar topic, what should we do about methods in 
__builtin__ which no longer have a really purpose such as:

int$
long$
float$

since those are now new-style types.  They aren't used from Jython but 
could be used by those compiling against Jython in Java.  I don't like 
deprecated methods since in my experience they are rarely, if ever, 
removed so I'm for removing them.

This decision would be made easier if we knew how many people were 
using the Java API as opposed to the Jython API.

thanks,

brian