diff --git a/python/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-11-26-remove-top-level-points-to-import.md b/python/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-11-26-remove-top-level-points-to-import.md index eb096c0b97f..7122c217c41 100644 --- a/python/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-11-26-remove-top-level-points-to-import.md +++ b/python/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-11-26-remove-top-level-points-to-import.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ category: breaking --- -- All modules that depend on the points-to analysis have now been removed from the top level `python.qll` module. To access the points-to functionality, import the new `LegacyPointsTo` module. This also means that some predicates have been removed from various classes, for instance `Function.getFunctionObject()`. To access these predicates, import the `LegacyPointsTo` module and use the `FunctionWithPointsTo` class instead. Most cases follow this pattern, but there are a few exceptions: - - The `getLiteralObject` method on `ImmutableLiteral` subclasses has been replaced with a predicate `getLiteralObject(ImmutableLiteral l)` in the `LegacyPointsTo` module. - - The `getMetrics` method on `Function`, `Class`, and `Module` has been removed. To access metrics, import `LegacyPointsTo` and use the classes `FunctionMetrics`, etc. instead. +* All modules that depend on the points-to analysis have now been removed from the top level `python.qll` module. To access the points-to functionality, import the new `LegacyPointsTo` module. This also means that some predicates have been removed from various classes, for instance `Function.getFunctionObject()`. To access these predicates, import the `LegacyPointsTo` module and use the `FunctionWithPointsTo` class instead. Most cases follow this pattern, but there are a few exceptions: + * The `getLiteralObject` method on `ImmutableLiteral` subclasses has been replaced with a predicate `getLiteralObject(ImmutableLiteral l)` in the `LegacyPointsTo` module. + * The `getMetrics` method on `Function`, `Class`, and `Module` has been removed. To access metrics, import `LegacyPointsTo` and use the classes `FunctionMetrics`, etc. instead.