Deprecate the compiler package for removal in 3.0.
diff --git a/Doc/library/compiler.rst b/Doc/library/compiler.rst
index fd5fd6c..7aac3b8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/compiler.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/compiler.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
Python compiler package
***********************
+.. deprecated:: 2.6
+ The compiler package has been removed in Python 3.0.
+
.. sectionauthor:: Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@zope.com>
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
.. module:: compiler
:synopsis: Python code compiler written in Python.
+ :deprecated:
The top-level of the package defines four functions. If you import
diff --git a/Lib/compiler/__init__.py b/Lib/compiler/__init__.py
index ce89144..d75140a 100644
--- a/Lib/compiler/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/compiler/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
compileFile(filename)
Generates a .pyc file by compiling filename.
"""
+from warnings import warnpy3k
+warnpy3k("the compiler package has been removed in Python 3.0", stacklevel=2)
+del warnpy3k
from compiler.transformer import parse, parseFile
from compiler.visitor import walk
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compiler.py b/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
index d491b78..390c469 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import compiler
+import test.test_support
+compiler = test.test_support.import_module('compiler', deprecated=True)
from compiler.ast import flatten
import os, sys, time, unittest
-import test.test_support
from random import random
from StringIO import StringIO
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6b93568..2aa7576 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
Library
-------
+- The compiler package has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
+
- The Bastion and rexec modules have been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
- The bsddb185 module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.