Compiler Warning (level 3) C4995

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function': name was marked as #pragma deprecated

The compiler encountered a function that was marked with pragma deprecated. The function may no longer be supported in a future release. You can turn this warning off with the warning pragma (example below).

The following sample generates C4995:

// C4995.cpp  
// compile with: /W3  
#include <stdio.h>  
  
// #pragma warning(disable : 4995)  
void func1(void)  
{  
    printf("\nIn func1");  
}  
  
int main()   
{  
    func1();  
    #pragma deprecated(func1)  
    func1();   // C4995  
}