# HG changeset patch
# User Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
# Date 1265224084 0
# Node ID f72c30e9ea611ef7e5c28299757e4beb91e7ad9c
# Parent  7b6933cd7fd3163e666b6bb3eac304801905a9de
Mark this function as deprecated because I really don't know what
it's supposed to be used for

diff -r 7b6933cd7fd3 -r f72c30e9ea61 libpurple/prefs.h
--- a/libpurple/prefs.h	Wed Feb 03 16:05:28 2010 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/prefs.h	Wed Feb 03 19:08:04 2010 +0000
@@ -185,7 +185,17 @@
  *
  * @param name  The name of the pref
  * @param value The value to set
+ *
+ * @deprecatethis?
+ * @deprecated We're not really sure what purpose this function serves, so it
+ *             will be removed in 3.0.0.  Preferences values set using this
+ *             function aren't serialized to prefs.xml, which could be
+ *             misleading.  There is also no purple_prefs_get_generic, which
+ *             means that if you can't really get the value (other in a
+ *             connected callback).  If you think you have a use for this then
+ *             please let us know.
  */
+/* TODO: When this is removed, also remove struct purple_pref->value.generic */
 void purple_prefs_set_generic(const char *name, gpointer value);
 
 /**