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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2016
+# Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
+
+"""This module facilitates the deprecation of functions"""
+
+import warnings
+
+
+def deprecate(func, old, new):
+    """Warn users invoking old to switch to the new function."""
+    def f(*args, **kwargs):
+        warnings.warn("{0} is being deprecated, please use {1} from now on".format(old, new))
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+    return f