Deprecate argument-less Date.new, as it seems to confuse everybody ex…

…cept me
rakudo · Dec 8, 2015 · 240b9ae · 240b9ae
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diff --git a/src/core/Temporal.pm b/src/core/Temporal.pm
@@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ my class Date does Dateish {
     }
 
     multi method new() {
+        DEPRECATED(
+            :what('Date.new() without arguments as a way to get the Christmas date'),
+            'Date.new(self.today.year, 12, 24)',
+            '2015.12',
+        );
         my $n = self.today;
         if $n.month == 12 && $n.day >= 24 {
             self.new($n.year + 1, 12, 24);