From d5b5a1fd23fbe8946f4ab964ed9f5338f14bd530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Bezanson <jeff.bezanson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:37:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] deprecate x[i:] syntax. closes #4678

---
 src/julia-parser.scm | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index 2745854c81892..878013ad6be31 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -583,6 +583,16 @@
 			ex)
 		 (let ((argument
 			(cond ((closing-token? (peek-token s))
+			       (io.write
+				*stderr*
+				(string
+				 #\newline "WARNING: deprecated syntax \"x[i:]\""
+				 (if (eq? current-filename 'none)
+				     ""
+				     (string
+				      " at "
+				      current-filename ":" (input-port-line (ts:port s))))
+				 "." #\newline "Use \"x[i:end]\" instead." #\newline))
 			       ':)  ; missing last argument
 			      ((newline? (peek-token s))
 			       (error "line break in \":\" expression"))