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6- Node.js may deprecate APIs for any of the following reasons:
6+ Node.js APIs might be deprecated for any of the following reasons:
77
88* Use of the API is unsafe.
99* An improved alternative API is available.
1010* Breaking changes to the API are expected in a future major release.
1111
12- Node.js utilizes three kinds of Deprecations:
12+ Node.js uses three kinds of Deprecations:
1313
1414* Documentation-only
1515* Runtime
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from Node.js.
3434
3535## Revoking deprecations
3636
37- Occasionally, the deprecation of an API may be reversed. In such situations,
37+ Occasionally, the deprecation of an API might be reversed. In such situations,
3838this document will be updated with information relevant to the decision.
3939However, the deprecation identifier will not be modified.
4040
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ Type: End-of-Life
16511651Using a property named ` inspect ` on an object to specify a custom inspection
16521652function for [ ` util.inspect() ` ] [ ] is deprecated. Use [ ` util.inspect.custom ` ] [ ]
16531653instead. For backward compatibility with Node.js prior to version 6.4.0, both
1654- may be specified.
1654+ can be specified.
16551655
16561656<a id =" DEP0080 " ></a >
16571657### DEP0080: ` path._makeLong() `
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ The `v8/*` modules do not have any exports, and if not imported in a specific
17521752order would in fact throw errors. As such there are virtually no legitimate use
17531753cases for importing them through ` require() ` .
17541754
1755- On the other hand, ` node-inspect ` may be installed locally through a package
1755+ On the other hand, ` node-inspect ` can be installed locally through a package
17561756manager, as it is published on the npm registry under the same name. No source
17571757code modification is necessary if that is done.
17581758
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ Type: Documentation-only (supports [`--pending-deprecation`][])
20532053
20542054When assigning a non-string property to [ ` process.env ` ] [ ] , the assigned value is
20552055implicitly converted to a string. This behavior is deprecated if the assigned
2056- value is not a string, boolean, or number. In the future, such assignment may
2056+ value is not a string, boolean, or number. In the future, such assignment might
20572057result in a thrown error. Please convert the property to a string before
20582058assigning it to ` process.env ` .
20592059
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ Type: Documentation-only (supports [`--pending-deprecation`][])
22492249In recent versions of Node.js, there is no difference between
22502250[ ` crypto.randomBytes() ` ] [ ] and ` crypto.pseudoRandomBytes() ` . The latter is
22512251deprecated along with the undocumented aliases ` crypto.prng() ` and
2252- ` crypto.rng() ` in favor of [ ` crypto.randomBytes() ` ] [ ] and may be removed in a
2252+ ` crypto.rng() ` in favor of [ ` crypto.randomBytes() ` ] [ ] and might be removed in a
22532253future release.
22542254
22552255<a id =" DEP0116 " ></a >
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ changes:
26002600Type: Runtime
26012601
26022602Allowing a [ ` fs.FileHandle ` ] [ ] object to be closed on garbage collection is
2603- deprecated. In the future, doing so may result in a thrown error that will
2603+ deprecated. In the future, doing so might result in a thrown error that will
26042604terminate the process.
26052605
26062606Please ensure that all ` fs.FileHandle ` objects are explicitly closed using
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