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diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h b/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
index 20bfd4632b73f0056cb92dbae7bb881f334bd9bd..3d7cad58c084409018d400967da09c1202dbddf9 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
@@ -1130,21 +1130,22 @@ public:
   /**
    * Mark a previously declared parameter as deprecated. This will cause an
    * exception of type ExcEncounteredDeprecatedEntries to be thrown if
-   * the parameter is used in the input file.
+   * the parameter is used in an input file that is parsed by the
+   * parse_input() function.
    *
-   * The exception message will list the name of the parameter.
+   * The exception message will list the name of the parameter(s) that
+   * were encountered in the input file.
    *
-   * @param entry The name of the parameter to mark as deprecated.
-   * @param deprecation_status An optional parameter that can be used to
-   *  toggle the deprecation status of the parameter. If set to true, the
+   * @param entry The name of the parameter to be marked as deprecated.
+   * @param is_deprecated An optional parameter that can be used to
+   *  set the deprecation status of the parameter. If set to true, the
    *  parameter will be marked as deprecated. This is the default behavior.
    *  If set to false, the parameter will be marked as not deprecated.
    *  This is useful if a parameter is marked as deprecated by
    *  one function, but another function wants to keep using it.
    */
   void
-  mark_as_deprecated(const std::string &entry,
-                     const bool         deprecation_status = true);
+  mark_as_deprecated(const std::string &entry, const bool is_deprecated = true);
 
   /**
    * Attach an action to the parameter with name @p entry in the current

diff --git a/source/base/parameter_handler.cc b/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
index ee11dddd861e572833f64d99722947b1053afc44..4c26802c3669924054dbe8c39799d89ac592509c 100644 (file)
--- a/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
+++ b/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ ParameterHandler::declare_alias(const std::string &existing_entry_name,
 
 void
 ParameterHandler::mark_as_deprecated(const std::string &existing_entry_name,
-                                     const bool         deprecation_status)
+                                     const bool         is_deprecated)
 {
   // assert that the entry exists
   Assert(entries->get_optional<std::string>(
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ ParameterHandler::mark_as_deprecated(const std::string &existing_entry_name,
 
   entries->put(get_current_full_path(existing_entry_name) + path_separator +
                  "deprecation_status",
-               deprecation_status ? "true" : "false");
+               is_deprecated ? "true" : "false");
 }