reworked deprecation to retain old procs

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/pure/streams.nim b/lib/pure/streams.nim
index 15022fe0d..8aa8d35d8 100644
--- a/lib/pure/streams.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/streams.nim
@@ -117,14 +117,17 @@ proc write*(s: Stream, x: string) =
   ## terminating zero is written.
   writeData(s, cstring(x), x.len)
 
+proc writeLn*(s: Stream, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.deprecated.} =
+  ## **Deprecated since version 0.11.4:** Use **writeLine** instead.
+  for str in args: write(s, str)
+  write(s, "\n")
+
 proc writeLine*(s: Stream, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## writes one or more strings to the the stream `s` followed
   ## by a new line. No length field or terminating zero is written.
   for str in args: write(s, str)
   write(s, "\n")
 
-{.deprecated: [writeln:writeLine].}
-
 proc read[T](s: Stream, result: var T) =
   ## generic read procedure. Reads `result` from the stream `s`.
   if readData(s, addr(result), sizeof(T)) != sizeof(T):