# Newbie: detect method deprecation reflectively?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-detect-method-deprecation-reflectively/85246>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-detect-method-deprecation-reflectively/85246 "2007-02-11T23:21:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-detect-method-deprecation-reflectively/85246/1 "2007-02-11T23:21:55Z")

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(Apologies if this is duplicate - Google gave me an error on my first  
try.)

I’d like to check reflectively whether a method is deprecated, but I  
don’t see a method or attribute to do that. I do see  
[http://www.koders.com/ruby/](http://www.koders.com/ruby/)  
fid293CE25280F60CB0933EAA05FDD489E4532CFF16.aspx?s=proxy

But it’s not in my system (ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32],  
Rails 1.1.6). It should be possible to do this since the system  
issues deprecation warnings.

Hints?

Thanks in advance -