Phenny2, now being tested on Freenode as the main phenny.

tools.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+tools.py - Phenny Tools
+Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
+Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
+
+http://inamidst.com/phenny/
+"""
+
+def deprecated(old): 
+   def new(phenny, input, old=old): 
+      self = phenny
+      origin = type('Origin', (object,), {
+         'sender': input.sender, 
+         'nick': input.nick
+      })()
+      match = input.match
+      args = [input.bytes, input.sender, '@@']
+
+      old(self, origin, match, args)
+   new.__name__ = old.__name__
+   return new
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+   print __doc__.strip()