# True method\_alias

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/true-method-alias/455>\
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**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/true-method-alias/455 "2019-02-21T20:28:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/true-method-alias/455/4 "2019-02-28T19:32:29Z")

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You keep the old method for a version with a compile time warning. The next version you can turn that compile time warning into a compile time error. Then the next version you remove the method.

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