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package scala

/** An annotation that designates that inheriting from a class is deprecated.
 *
 *  This is usually done to warn about a non-final class being made final in a future version.
 *  Sub-classing such a class then generates a warning.
 *
 *  No warnings are generated if the subclass is in the same compilation unit.
 *
 *  {{{
 *  @deprecatedInheritance("this class will be made final", "2.12")
 *  class Foo
 *  }}}
 *
 *  {{{
 *  val foo = new Foo     // no deprecation warning
 *  class Bar extends Foo
 *  // warning: inheritance from class Foo is deprecated (since 2.12): this class will be made final
 *  // class Bar extends Foo
 *  //                   ^
 *  }}}
 *
 *  @param  message the message to print during compilation if the class was sub-classed
 *  @param  since   a string identifying the first version in which inheritance was deprecated
 *  @since  2.10
 *  @see    [[scala.deprecated]]
 *  @see    [[scala.deprecatedOverriding]]
 *  @see    [[scala.deprecatedName]]
 */
class deprecatedInheritance(message: String = "", since: String = "") extends scala.annotation.StaticAnnotation