Deprecate the timing module for removal in Python 3.0.
diff --git a/Doc/library/undoc.rst b/Doc/library/undoc.rst
index 981b0ce..9875a07 100644
--- a/Doc/library/undoc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/undoc.rst
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@
:mod:`timing`
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use :func:`time.clock` instead).
+
+ .. warning:: The :mod:`timing` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
SGI-specific Extension modules
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4065c8b..0647833 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
Library
-------
+- The timing module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
+
- The sv module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
- The multifile module has been deprecated as per PEP 4.
diff --git a/Modules/timingmodule.c b/Modules/timingmodule.c
index 56e057a..0da5c6b 100644
--- a/Modules/timingmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timingmodule.c
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@
PyMODINIT_FUNC inittiming(void)
{
+ if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("the timing module has been removed in "
+ "Python 3.0; use time.clock() instead", 2) < 0)
+ return;
+
(void)Py_InitModule("timing", timing_methods);
}