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Here, a “shitlist” tracks existing uses of deprecated behavior within a large code base. It prevents new uses of deprecated behavior without disrupting legacy c

Here, a “shitlist” tracks existing uses of deprecated behavior within a large code base. It prevents new uses of deprecated behavior without disrupting legacy code. This is a temporary measure used to facilitate refactoring large code bases.

tantalor 6y ago
Not necessarily temporary. Abandoned (but critical) code might stay on the shitlist forever if it's not worth migrating it.