fix(header): deprecate HeaderFormatter

Cargo.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Sean McArthur <sean.monstar@gmail.com>"]
 keywords = ["http", "hyper", "hyperium"]
 categories = ["web-programming::http-client", "web-programming::http-server"]
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 base64 = "0.3.0"
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ num_cpus = "1.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.1"
 spmc = "0.2"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+rustc_version = "0.1"
+
 [features]
 default = []
 nightly = []

build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extern crate rustc_version as rustc;
+
+fn main() {
+    if rustc::version_matches(">= 1.9") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=has_deprecated");
+    }
+}

src/header/mod.rs

@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ impl<'a> FromIterator<HeaderView<'a>> for Headers {
     }
 }
 
+deprecated! {
+    #[deprecated(note="The semantics of formatting a HeaderFormat directly are not clear")]
     impl<'a> fmt::Display for &'a (Header + Send + Sync) {
         #[inline]
         fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -605,7 +607,10 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for &'a (Header + Send + Sync) {
             self.fmt_multi_header(&mut multi)
         }
     }
+}
 
+deprecated! {
+    #[deprecated(note="The semantics of formatting a HeaderFormat directly are not clear")]
     /// A wrapper around any Header with a Display impl that calls `fmt_header`.
     ///
     /// This can be used like so: `format!("{}", HeaderFormatter(&header))` to
@@ -614,7 +619,9 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for &'a (Header + Send + Sync) {
     /// Note: This may not necessarily be the value written to stream, such
     /// as with the SetCookie header.
     pub struct HeaderFormatter<'a, H: Header>(pub &'a H);
+}
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 impl<'a, H: Header> fmt::Display for HeaderFormatter<'a, H> {
     #[inline]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -623,6 +630,7 @@ impl<'a, H: Header> fmt::Display for HeaderFormatter<'a, H> {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 impl<'a, H: Header> fmt::Debug for HeaderFormatter<'a, H> {
     #[inline]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {

src/lib.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ macro_rules! unimplemented {
     });
 }
 
+macro_rules! deprecated {
+    (#[$note:meta] $i:item) => (
+        #[cfg_attr(has_deprecated, $note)]
+        $i
+    );
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod mock;
 pub mod client;