Expose deprecate function

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/utils.py b/numpy/lib/utils.py
index e64f5d978..92efe06d7 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/utils.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from numpy.core.numerictypes import obj2sctype
 
-__all__ = ['issubclass_', 'get_numpy_include', 'issubsctype']
+__all__ = ['issubclass_', 'get_numpy_include', 'issubsctype', 'deprecate']
 
 def issubclass_(arg1, arg2):
     try:
@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ def get_numpy_include():
     include_dirs = get_numpy_include_dirs()
     assert len(include_dirs)==1,`include_dirs`
     return include_dirs[0]
+
+def deprecate(func, oldname, newname):
+    import warnings
+    def newfunc(*args,**kwds):
+        warnings.warn("%s is deprecated, use %s" % (oldname, newname),
+                      DeprecationWarning)
+        return func(*args, **kwds)
+    return newfunc