Exploring How Deprecated Python Library APIs Are (Not) Handled
In this paper, we present the first exploratory study of deprecated Python library APIs to understand the status quo of API deprecation in the realm of Python libraries.
Specifically, we aim to comprehend how deprecated library APIs are declared and documented in practice by their maintainers, and how library users react to them.
By thoroughly looking into six reputed Python libraries and 1,200 GitHub projects, we experimentally observe that API deprecation is poorly handled by library contributors, which subsequently introduce difficulties for Python developers to resolve the usage of deprecated library APIs.
This empirical evidence suggests that our community should take immediate actions to appropriately handle the deprecation of Python library APIs.
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17:00 2mTalk | Emerging Perspectives of Application Programming Interface Strategy: A Framework to Respond to Business Concerns Journal First Juho Lindman University of Gothenburg, Jennifer Horkoff Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Imed Hammouda Mediterranean Institute of Technology, Eric Knauss Chalmers and University of Gothenburg | ||
17:03 1mTalk | Exempla Gratis (E.G.): Code Examples for Free Industry Papers Celeste Barnaby Facebook, Inc., Koushik Sen University of California at Berkeley, Tianyi Zhang Harvard University, USA, Elena Glassman Harvard University, Satish Chandra Facebook, USA DOI | ||
17:05 1mTalk | Exploring How Deprecated Python Library APIs Are (Not) Handled Research Papers Jiawei Wang Monash University, Australia, Li Li Monash University, Australia, Kui Liu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, Haipeng Cai Washington State University, USA DOI | ||
17:07 1mTalk | LibComp: An IntelliJ Plugin for Comparing Java Libraries Tool Demos Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached | ||
17:09 1mTalk | Selecting Third-Party Libraries: The Practitioners’ Perspective Research Papers Enrique Larios Vargas Software Improvement Group, Netherlands, MaurĂcio Aniche Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, Christoph Treude University of Adelaide, Australia, Magiel Bruntink Software Improvement Group, Netherlands, Georgios Gousios Facebook & Delft University of Technology DOI | ||
17:11 19mTalk | Conversations on APIs Paper Presentations Celeste Barnaby Facebook, Inc., Jiawei Wang Monash University, Australia, Juho Lindman University of Gothenburg, Rehab El-Hajj University of Alberta, Canada, Tam Nguyen Auburn University, USA, M: Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy | ||